In the midst of the ongoing controversy over a racist photograph on Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page, a photograph of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) posing in front of a Confederate flag is making the rounds on social media.
Jake Tapper✔@jaketapper
Lots of folks tweeting out this photo of @senatemajldr so I asked his office about it.
A spokesman suggested Leader McConnell wouldn’t pose for such a photo today as he did “30 years or so ago”… 1/4
ChuckVoellinger@CVoellingerReplying to @GOPLeaderTell it to McConnell, or is the Confed flag just a celebration of “southern heritage”?
The photograph of McConnell, which apparently shows the senator posing in front of a large Confederate flag, had previously surfaced in 2015, according to Snopes. The photo was allegedly taken at a Sons of Confederate Veterans event in the early ’90s.
View the complete February 3 article by Alejandro de la Garza on The Time Magazine website here.