Extra Extra: Ta-Nehisi Coates Rebukes Mitch McConnell Over Reparations

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• Ta-Nehisi Coates appeared before the House Judiciary Committee today and responded to Mitch McConnell's remarks pooh-poohing reparations: "For a century after the Civil War, black people were subjected to a relentless campaign of terror, a campaign that extended well into the lifetime of Majority Leader McConnell."
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