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>> oh, there is no doubt about that, though, brother. there is no doubt about that. you know we've had president whose were slave holders and presidents who were defenders of american barbarism and so fourth but facisism distracts the people and manipulates emotions and give them a sense of being a pure community that's threatened by the inpure and he's the agent that provides the rescue for those based on that fear. every death spa manipulates fear and lies so criminality go hand and hand to hide and conceal social structures that are generating more mystery. >> there has to be an other. ther...

Exists not as a wanting to destroy america or criticizing the america that exists to make america better. america is the experiment constantly evolving and always has this vision of being this shining city of a hill and for people to say, i mean, people told civil rights marchers, if you don't love america, leave it. if you don't go back to where you came from, that's an old chant the fact that it is being chanted by thousands of people and the president of the united states is standing there and, you know, nodding to it and soaking it all in, i hear what you say about not getting, you know, t...

Guardian revealed that both he and his wife descended from people who own, he wrote last night "i benefit from a system that my ancestors built to favor themselves at the expense of others. it only increases the urgency i feel will help change the country so it works for those who have been locked out of our locked up in the system." but o'rourke is far from alone. last week supports surfaced reports surfaced that mitch mcconnell also had ancestors who own. mcconnell does not support reparations and neither did another politician with slave owners in his family tree, former president barack ob...

This week, nbc unearthed census records from the 19th century that found that two of senator mcconnell's great-great-grandfathers were slave owners in alabama just before the civil war with a combined ownership of 14 human beings. all of two but whom were female. because this is america, the news wasn't exactly a revelation. what was surprising was the breathtaking cynicism of mcconnell's response. take a listen. >> i find myself, once again, in the same position as president obama. we both oppose reparations and we both are the descendants of slave holders. >> senator mcconnell, by that token...

Statement in this campaign. >> shannon: quite an email list that will come in handy with millions of people there. thank you very much. after nbc news reported senate majority leader mitch mcconnell great, great grandfathers owned, he responded by drawing a political parallel. >> i find myself in the same position as president obama. we both oppose reparations and we both are the descendants of slaveholders. >> shannon: the baltimore sun rode back in 2007 that president obama's great, great great-great-grandparents that owned. the house will vote friday on the 9/11 first responders bill, it's ...