Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell isn’t denying an NBC News report that his ancestors owned slaves — and is pointing out that Barack Obama’s did, too.

“ I find myself once again in the same position as President Obama. We both opposed reparations and we both are the descendants of slave owners. ” — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

The Kentucky Republican invoked the former president after being asked on Capitol Hill about the NBC story, which found that two of his great-great-grandfathers owned at least 14 slaves.