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Donald Trump is the only living president whose family didn’t own slaves: report
By Brian NiemietzNew York Daily News
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Jun 27, 2023 at 3:24 pm
Donald Trump is the only president alive, past or present, whose family can’t be linked to slave ownership, according to a new report.
Reuters says Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are all descendants of a slave owner.
That study also found Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch, as well as at least 100 lawmakers, descended from ancestors who enslaved Black people. Sitting members of Congress who can link their heritage to slavers include at least 28% of Republicans and 8% of Democrats, Reuters claims.
Obama, the only Black president elected in the U.S., can reportedly trace his family’s slave-owning roots to one man on his white mother’s side of the family, who subjugated two humans.
More here: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/na...0230627-imnuu6aos5gzda5mpixf7smb6i-story.html
Wonder what Reuters was looking for when they stumbled across all of those above. Note, that Trump isn't among them.