Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell voted against legislation that would protect interracial marriages on Wednesday, despite the fact that he's married to an Asian American woman.
McConnell, who is white, is the husband of former U.S. Secretary for Transportation Elaine Chao, the first woman of Asian heritage to be appointed to a presidential cabinet.
Many social-media users criticized McConnell following the vote and pointed to his relationship with Chao, whom he married in 1993.
"Mitch McConnell, a man in an interracial marriage, votes against protecting interracial marriage," tweeted former Democratic congressional candidate Nina Turner.
"My guess is McConnell's opposition has to do with same-sex marriage, not interracial marriage," wrote Brendan Kirby, investigative reporter with Fox10 News.
The Supreme Court found that bans on interracial marriage were unconstitutional in the 1967 case Loving vs. Virginia.
"I'm honored that my Republican colleagues have reelected me to lead our outstanding Conference," McConnell tweeted. »
