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Trump violates the constitution by blocking certain people because he disagrees with what they have to say. in march, the justice department argued that the president wasn't wielding the power of the federal government when he blocked certain individuals from his personal twitter account because while the president sends tweets in his official capacity, he blocks users as a personal matter. the appeals court decision upholds a new york judge's ruling. mitch mcconnell says he and barack obama have something in common. it seems both men are descendants of slave holders. the senate majority lea...

Trying to buy elections. >> it's not clear stier will be at the debate at the end of this month, it is unlikely given the time crunch. it will certainly make a statement in this campaign. >> quite an email list he has put together too that will come in handy with millions of people there. after nbc news reported senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's great-great-grandfather own slaves mcconnell responded by trying a little parallel. >> i find myself once again in the same position as president obama. we both opposed reparations and we both are the defendants of slaveholders. >> reporter: bal...

Slave holders. but also, he has union veterans on that side of his family too. people are going to go back through genealogies and try to parse out was responsible for the things that happened over 150 years ago, it just shows how complicated that can be. >> martha: it certainly is. and it's interesting given the polling on this, which shows that most americans do not support reparations, that some of the democrat candidates have chosen to make this thing that they do talk about a fair amount on the campaign trail. beto o'rourke is one of those candidates who have spent a fair amount of time t...

Transferring which one economists count 6 to 14 tril collars of welt from race to another that that's going to make race relations better in this country, i think is a fantastical idea and exactly why barack obama, bill clinton, civil civil rights leaders, mitch mcconnell and maybe 70 plus% of americanings know that repairations is not a good idea, not going to happen and not the right way to bring the races together. >> and that's a mischaracterization of what the discussion. and part of what the proposal is in congress is to study the issue figure out what is the best way to move forward. wh...

Senator majority leader mitch mcconnell speaking out against reparations about a month ago. but now the senator has become a central target in a lot of ways for democrats presidential hopefuls. this story then surfaced from nbc calling the reparations issue "close to home for mcconnell after they unearthed census records back from the 1800s that show his ancestors owned slaves in alabama. questioned whether this report changes things for him, here's what he said. >> i find myself once again in the same position as president obama. we both opposed reparations and we both are the descendants of ...