House Speaker Has Ancestral Ties to Slavery, Survey Shows Partisan Divide on Reparations
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House Speaker Mike Johnson has ancestral ties to slavery, with multiple ancestors who were slave owners in Louisiana in the 1800s.
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The examination found other top politicians like Biden, McConnell, and Supreme Court Justices with ancestral links to slavery.
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58% of Democrats support reparations compared to 18% of Republicans, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey.
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Johnson publicly shared he took in an African American teenager named Michael James over 20 years ago.
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Johnson has invoked Michael when discussing issues of discrimination, saying his son Michael faced more hardships than Johnson's white son Jack due to his race.