and afraid of folks sitting down and having conversations. we should have had this hearing a long time ago. >> mitch mcconnell dismissing the idea. >> i don't think reparations for something that happened 150 years ago for whom none of us current living is responsible is a good idea. we tried to deal with our original sin of slavery. by fighting a zcivil war and passing civil rights legislation. we elected an african american president. i think we're always a work in progress. and this country. but, no one currently alive was responsible for that. >> so after him saying that, the only african american republican senator tim scott backed him up saying he doesn't think