Via KC Star:

Concerned about the plight of black people in her Missouri district, a Democratic state senator on Tuesday called for reparations for former slaves and criticized her own party for taking African American votes for granted.

Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal, D-University City, criticized white Democrats, such as U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, saying there’s “no difference” between them and Republicans. Both parties, she said, have failed black people. […]

One thing that would help, she said, is reparations. Chappelle-Nadal said her family members were slaves in mid-Missouri.

“In Boone County, Missouri, in Callaway County, Missouri — what my family contributed to making the state what it is today is incredible, and my family deserves way more than what it is getting today,” Chappelle-Nadal said.

She didn’t expect any legislation supporting reparations would be successful. In 2016, a United Nations working group suggested the U.S. consider reparations for slavery.

Chappelle-Nadal said she’d like to see McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, fight for reparations. Her constituents, she said, see McCaskill as similar to Republicans.

McCaskill called on Chappelle-Nadal to resign last year over a Facebook post saying she hoped President Donald Trump would be assassinated. Chappelle-Nadal later apologized for the post.