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A picture of Mitch McConnell with a Confederate battle flag in the background
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A picture of Mitch McConnell with a Confederate battle flag in the background
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Take this down! If his constituents see this, he’ll get reelected!
wasn’t he born in Alabama?
Do people not remember what a massive hit *The Dukes of Hazzard* was? You could buy a confederate flag, sticker, T-shirt, license, plate, etc., in any store, all over the country. People were installing those Dixie horns on their own cars, even if they drove a Ford Pinto. An old pic of some guy with that flag in the background means absolutely nothing.
Really, an old photo from the 90s? Maybe people here are too young, but back then, many people in the South and even the North wouldn’t think twice about seeing the flag…
You know it used to be flown on government property only about 6 years ago.. right?
back then the confederate flag was considered by the nation to be about as offensive as a band t shirt.
i mean hes a shitbag, but it really means nothing
My opinion of him is already so low that this couldn’t possibly change anything.
That picture was from the war, Mitch older than Moses
There’s a lot of reasons to dislike/hate Mitch McConnell. Frankly this is pretty low on the list.
Edit: to clarify before people misinterpret what I mean, using one of my later responses:
“There are plenty of things to indicate his racism beyond posing in front of a flag. I don’t condone such behavior, but posting this as if *nobody* could have seen this coming? As if it’s a gotcha? He has damaged American politics more than any Republican could do in their wettest dream and represents everything there is to hate in right wing American politics. I would be shocked if this picture didn’t exist.”
[Here](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DydrGNlUwAAEmED.jpg) is a less cropped version of this image. According to [Snopes](https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/02/10/mitch-mcconnell-posed-front-large-confederate-flag/):
> The image was taken in the early 1990s at the Big Springs Country Club in Louisville during a meeting of the John Hunt Morgan Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans…..
> We did not receive a response from Senator McConnell’s spokesman in response to our request for background on the photograph.
Anyone have context for the photo?
He’s done a lot worse much more recently. Who is surprised?
You know how many old southern white men have pictures like this. While this flag does have racist history. Anyone who went to college at a major school knows not even 10 years ago hella southerners had this flag in their dorm. Hell at the time even my black ass didnt associate it with racism. More that its a southern thing.
NOW if youre flying that flag publicly im assuming your racist or at least racially biased. But i dont hold any judgement from older pictures with the flag included. I want additional information about the person.
In this instance though. I know everything i need to know about this man
Kentucky was in the union and Republicans fought against the confederacy.
This looks 20+ years old.
Dude on the right looks like a glue-stick
Looks like some kind of dildo award.
He seems so happy and in his element
Asside from other issues, I’m also extremely bothered by flags that need ironing. I don’t care if it’s the “Stars and Bars” or a flag with a giant Pot leaf, iron that shit!
“African-American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans…” – Mitch McConnell, January 19, 2022
Traitorous flag of sedition aside, who in their right mind would vote for this booger of a man?
Traitorous flag of surrender aside, who in their right mind would vote for this booger of a man?
People forget that before about 2014 and a massive media pressure campaign following the Dylan Roof murders, the confederate flag was largely acknowledged as a symbol of antagonism to federal authority rather than overt racism.
See also
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/06/22/what-those-clinton-gore-confederate-flag-buttons-say-about-politics-in-2015/
Kentucky, the most underachieving state of the confederacy.
McConnell can be seen here accepting his commonwealth’s belated participation trophy.
Mitch Mkkkkonnell
C’mon guys, this was a long time ago when being a racist piece of shit was totally acceptable.
I would give anything to see him spend just a single day behind bars. The damage he has done to this country far surpasses treason
https://www.wlky.com/article/mitch-mcconnell-african-americans-voting-just-as-much-as-americans/38829280
This only gains him voters in Kentucky.