{"id":1960528,"date":"2023-06-29T15:44:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/every-living-president-but-one-is-descended-from-slave-owners-investigation-finds\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T15:45:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T19:45:42","slug":"every-living-president-but-one-is-descended-from-slave-owners-investigation-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/every-living-president-but-one-is-descended-from-slave-owners-investigation-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation reveals most living presidents descended from slave-owners, except one."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fevery-living-president-but-one-is-descended-from-slave-owners-investigation-finds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1960528&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Donald Trump: A Unique Ancestral Lineage<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Did you know that former President Donald Trump stands apart from all other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/presidential-historians-list-obama-among-top-10-presidents-rank-trump-near-bottom-survey\/\" title=\"Presidential Historians List Obama Among Top 10 Presidents, Rank Trump Near Bottom: Survey\">living presidents<\/a> when it comes to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pompeo-we-defended-israel-brought-iran-to-its-knees-biden-reversing-historic-progress\/\" title=\"Mike Pompeo: \u2018We Defended Israel\u2019, Brought Iran \u2018to Its Knees\u2019 \u2014 Biden Reversing \u2018Historic Progress\u2019\">ancestral heritage<\/a>? According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/every-living-president-but-one-is-descended-from-slave-owners-investigation-finds\/\" title=\"Investigation reveals most living presidents descended from slave-owners, except one.\">recent genealogical study<\/a>, Trump is the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-kristi-noem-hits-back-at-joy-reid-for-calling-mount-rushmore-stone-idol-to-presidential-colonizers\/\" title=\"Gov. Kristi Noem Hits Back At Joy Reid For Calling Mount Rushmore \u2018Stone Idol To Presidential Colonizers\u2019\">living president<\/a> who does not have direct lineage to slave-holders.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The study, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/americas-political-elite-family-links-101417821.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">undertaken by Reuters<\/a>, revealed a fascinating insight. It determined that every living president, including Joe Biden and former presidents Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and even Barack Obama through his white mother\u2019s side, can trace their ancestry back to slave owners.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it&#8217;s important to note that Donald Trump&#8217;s family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-family-history-from-immigrants-to-americas-first-family-2020-6#in-1936-fred-trump-married-mary-anne-mcleod-a-scottish-immigrant-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arrived in the United States<\/a> long after slavery was abolished. Trump&#8217;s grandfather, Friedrich Trump, immigrated from Germany in 1885, while his mother, Mary Anne McLeod, came from Scotland in 1929.<\/p>\n<p>The report not only focused on former presidents but also delved into the ancestral connections of members of Congress. Shockingly, the study found that 100 out of the 536 members of the last Congress were descendants of slave owners. Among them were influential leaders from both parties.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the list were Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.). Even sitting Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch were identified as having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-evidence-prominent-anti-confederate-statue-activist-is-descendant-of-robert-e-lee-despite-claims-report\/\" title=\"\u2018No Evidence\u2019 Prominent Anti-Confederate Statue Activist Is Descendant Of Robert E. Lee Despite Claims: Report\">ancestral ties<\/a> to slaveholders.<\/p>\n<p>The report also shed light on the state of South Carolina, where the connections to slavery run deep. Not only is Republican Governor Henry McMaster descended from slave owners, but every U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state has some ancestral tie to the institution of slavery. Both Republican Senator and presidential candidate Tim Scott and Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn have ancestors who were slaves. The remaining seven legislators, all of whom are white, are direct descendants of slave owners.<\/p>\n<h3>Discovering Our Complex Ancestral Tapestry<\/h3>\n<p>These findings remind us of the intricate and often surprising connections that exist within our ancestral tapestry. They prompt us to reflect on the historical legacies that shape our present and challenge us to strive for a more inclusive and equitable future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>maternal lineage \u2013 has ancestors who owned slaves. This finding sheds light on the historical context surrounding the presidency and highlights the unique position of Trump in this regard. The study conducted by Reuters reveals a significant distinction between Trump and his predecessors in terms of their ancestral ties to slavery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1960529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1960529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}