His election makes him the first black American to serve in the U.S. Senate from the South since Reconstruction, in 1881. It’s a major accomplishment for a man who grew up in a poor, single-parent household.
But some, including many African Americans, aren’t too happy about his election, as Twitchy reports. Yes, he’s a black man – but they bring up a racist smear to insinuate that he’s the wrong type of black man – an “Uncle Tom.”
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