“I don’t think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago for whom none us currently living are responsible is a good idea. We’ve tried to deal with our original sin of slavery by fighting a civil war, by passing landmark civil rights legislation. We elected an African American president.” – Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, on [not supporting reparations] (https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/449136-mcconnell-reparations-arent-a-a-good-idea?userid=57999).