Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been widely criticized for comments he made this week about Black American voters.

Driving the news: When asked by a reporter Wednesday about concerns among voters of color, McConnell said "the concern is misplaced, because if you look at the statistics, Black American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans."

McConnell's comment came after Congress failed to pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.

    A McConnell spokesperson said McConnell meant to say "other Americans" not just "Americans," according to CNN.

    (I think it was a Freudian slip, and he thinks blacks, and probably othe persons of color, are not "real" Americans.)