McConnell Compares Himself to Obama on Reparations for Slavery

(Bloomberg) -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell compared himself to former President Barack Obama in response to an NBC News report that his ancestors owned slaves. The article cited McConnell’s opposition to reparation proposals that have become a hot topic in the Democratic presidential campaign.“I find myself once again in the same position as President Obama,” the Kentucky Republican said Tuesday. “We both opposed reparations and we both are the descendants of s