McConnell's "Freudian" Slips Out

[Jarhyn]

McConnell: Black people vote at similar rates to 'Americans'

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is drawing criticism for comments he made shortly before the GOP blocked a federal elections bill, when he said that “African American” voters cast ballots at similar rates to “Americans.”

apnews.com

My husband just watched a video and I couldn't believe what my ears heard from across the room.

I made him replay the video.

McConnell's "Freudian" slipped out.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Must be suffering from dementia, misspeaking all.

 

[Metaphor]

My husband just watched a video and I couldn't believe what my ears heard from across the room.

You couldn't believe hearing someone utter a fact?

 

[Jarhyn]

My husband just watched a video and I couldn't believe what my ears heard from across the room.

You couldn't believe hearing someone utter a fact?

I couldn't believe someone mixed a "qualified descriptor" with an "unqualified descriptor".

It is a direct implication of lesser regard.

So now is this where we (hopefully not?) get to the stupid bickering about whether he is an insensitive prick or actually an asshole?

 

[laughing dog]

At first, I thought this was only a “senior” moment. But GOP efforts at disenfranchisement extend beyond one racial group - it affects the poor, students, etc…

 

[Keith&Co.]

At first, I thought this was only a “senior” moment. But GOP efforts at disenfranchisement extend beyond one racial group - it affects the poor, students, etc…

Yeah, that one state lawmaker thought he was helping when he said they aren't making it harder for blacks to vote because they're black, it's because they tend to vote Democrat.
See? No racism.

 

[Derec]

He is in good company.

 

[Metaphor]

My husband just watched a video and I couldn't believe what my ears heard from across the room.

You couldn't believe hearing someone utter a fact?

I couldn't believe someone mixed a "qualified descriptor" with an "unqualified descriptor".

It is a direct implication of lesser regard.

No, it isn't. At best, it would imply that McConnell thinks black people are not Americans.

I am sure he doesn't think that, I am sure you don't think he thinks that, and your post is a ludicrous grasping at straws, and I'm sorry I participated as much as I already did.

 

[Toni]

My husband just watched a video and I couldn't believe what my ears heard from across the room.

You couldn't believe hearing someone utter a fact?

I couldn't believe someone mixed a "qualified descriptor" with an "unqualified descriptor".

It is a direct implication of lesser regard.

No, it isn't. At best, it would imply that McConnell thinks black people are not Americans.

I am sure he doesn't think that, I am sure you don't think he thinks that, and your post is a ludicrous grasping at straws, and I'm sorry I participated as much as I already did.

You are correct: At best, his statement implies that McConnell thinks that black people are not real Americans. He said the silent part out loud. And we all heard it.

 

[Metaphor]

My husband just watched a video and I couldn't believe what my ears heard from across the room.

You couldn't believe hearing someone utter a fact?

I couldn't believe someone mixed a "qualified descriptor" with an "unqualified descriptor".

It is a direct implication of lesser regard.

No, it isn't. At best, it would imply that McConnell thinks black people are not Americans.

I am sure he doesn't think that, I am sure you don't think he thinks that, and your post is a ludicrous grasping at straws, and I'm sorry I participated as much as I already did.

You are correct: At best, his statement implies that McConnell thinks that black people are not real Americans. He said the silent part out loud. And we all heard it.

Non. McConnell does not think black Americans are not American citizens. The insinuation--'real' Americans, whatever that means--is yours.

 

[barbos]

McConnell: Black people vote at similar rates to 'Americans'

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is drawing criticism for comments he made shortly before the GOP blocked a federal elections bill, when he said that “African American” voters cast ballots at similar rates to “Americans.”

apnews.com

My husband just watched a video and I couldn't believe what my ears heard from across the room.

I made him replay the video.

McConnell's "Freudian" slipped out.

He did not exclude blacks from americans.
He simply said that blacks vote at the same rate as americans overall.
Now, where is your outrage when ukrainian government critters not only don't think that russian-ukrainians are real ukrainians but think that they should be hanged?
Imagine Mitch suggesting hanging blacks on trees? That would be the news, would not it?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The news is that blacks haven’t voted the same percentage as whites. That several courts have found GOP redistricting illegal.

 

[Jarhyn]

My husband just watched a video and I couldn't believe what my ears heard from across the room.

You couldn't believe hearing someone utter a fact?

I couldn't believe someone mixed a "qualified descriptor" with an "unqualified descriptor".

It is a direct implication of lesser regard.

No, it isn't. At best, it would imply that McConnell thinks black people are not Americans.

I am sure he doesn't think that, I am sure you don't think he thinks that, and your post is a ludicrous grasping at straws, and I'm sorry I participated as much as I already did.

You are correct: At best, his statement implies that McConnell thinks that black people are not real Americans. He said the silent part out loud. And we all heard it.

Non. McConnell does not think black Americans are not American citizens. The insinuation--'real' Americans, whatever that means--is yours.

So, oftentimes you claim minds cannot be read by reading or listening to the words that tumble out of them (which is itself silly, as that is the purpose that minds emit words, squirting air past that oh so flappable meat!), and yet here you are doing exactly the thing you often whinge incessantly about: deriving motivation and state of mind from the words that mind produces.

And then at the same time you claim to be unable to understand what she means.

 

[Gospel]

With how America at times presents itself VIA foreign and domestic policy I'm not eager to see the whole blacks are not American thing as an insult.

 

[barbos]

With how America at times presents itself VIA foreign and domestic policy I'm not eager to see the whole blacks are not American thing as an insult.

I still hold you responsible.

 

[Gospel]

With how America at times presents itself VIA foreign and domestic policy I'm not eager to see the whole blacks are not American thing as an insult.

I still hold you responsible.

Surprised Pikachu

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Imagine Mitch suggesting hanging blacks on trees? That would be the news, would not it?

The oligarchy doesn't support killing randos with no purpose because it needs a workforce to support its economy. On the other hand, in very specific instances of losing power, like Jan 6th, then killing is acceptable to them. Another instance, speaking of trees, was all the talk about the tree of liberty needing to be soaked in blood when Obama was President...that was also acceptable talk because it wasn't an issue of a random person, but to regain power. In the meantime, redistricting, legislative shenanigans and conservative judicial activism are critical to keep the power structure intact.

 

[Toni]

My husband just watched a video and I couldn't believe what my ears heard from across the room.

You couldn't believe hearing someone utter a fact?

I couldn't believe someone mixed a "qualified descriptor" with an "unqualified descriptor".

It is a direct implication of lesser regard.

No, it isn't. At best, it would imply that McConnell thinks black people are not Americans.

I am sure he doesn't think that, I am sure you don't think he thinks that, and your post is a ludicrous grasping at straws, and I'm sorry I participated as much as I already did.

You are correct: At best, his statement implies that McConnell thinks that black people are not real Americans. He said the silent part out loud. And we all heard it.

Non. McConnell does not think black Americans are not American citizens. The insinuation--'real' Americans, whatever that means--is yours.

I stand corrected: We didn't ALL hear it.

In any case, McConnell was wrong.

Large Racial Turnout Gap Persisted in 2020 Election

70.9 percent of white voters cast ballots compared with only 58.4 percent of nonwhite voters — a disparity that will worsen with new restrictive voting laws.

www.brennancenter.org

The 2020 election must also be remembered for another turnout statistic: 70.9 percent of white voters cast ballots while only 58.4 percent of nonwhite voters did. As the graph below shows, 62.6 percent of Black American voters, 53.7 percent of Latino American voters, and 59.7 percent of Asian American voters cast ballots in 2020.

 

[thebeave]

He is in good company.

That's the first thing that came to my mind. When it comes to racist sounding gaffes, Mitch McConnell has a long way to go if he wants to catch up to Joe Biden. I don't think you want to play that game.

 

[Jarhyn]

He is in good company.
<Propaganda SNIP>

That's the first thing that came to my mind. When it comes to racist sounding gaffes, Mitch McConnell has a long way to go if he wants to catch up to Joe Biden. I don't think you want to play that game.

We can play it but it's an odd hill to die on seeing as how McConnell just doubled down, and his double-down was a defense of his exact language, which is worse, as noted below...

My husband just watched a video and I couldn't believe what my ears heard from across the room.

You couldn't believe hearing someone utter a fact?

I couldn't believe someone mixed a "qualified descriptor" with an "unqualified descriptor".

It is a direct implication of lesser regard.

No, it isn't. At best, it would imply that McConnell thinks black people are not Americans.

I am sure he doesn't think that, I am sure you don't think he thinks that, and your post is a ludicrous grasping at straws, and I'm sorry I participated as much as I already did.

You are correct: At best, his statement implies that McConnell thinks that black people are not real Americans. He said the silent part out loud. And we all heard it.

Non. McConnell does not think black Americans are not American citizens. The insinuation--'real' Americans, whatever that means--is yours.

I stand corrected: We didn't ALL hear it.

In any case, McConnell was wrong.

Large Racial Turnout Gap Persisted in 2020 Election

70.9 percent of white voters cast ballots compared with only 58.4 percent of nonwhite voters — a disparity that will worsen with new restrictive voting laws.

www.brennancenter.org

The 2020 election must also be remembered for another turnout statistic: 70.9 percent of white voters cast ballots while only 58.4 percent of nonwhite voters did. As the graph below shows, 62.6 percent of Black American voters, 53.7 percent of Latino American voters, and 59.7 percent of Asian American voters cast ballots in 2020.

Perhaps that was the only statement he could make without lying that even halfway covered the reason the voting rights suppression is a problem:

When you pose it as "African Americans" and "all Americans" it's pretty close.

When you pose it as "Minorities and White Americans" it looks a lot different.

I suppose that it could be equal parts Freudian and spin? Though making a "selection bias error" at his level of precision is not even remotely plausible.

All his statement has leverage to deliver, regardless of any trickery on McConnell's part with their delivery, is that African Americans are not alone in having their vote suppressed.