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Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville from Alabama has refused to apologize for saying that Democrats want reparations for slavery because “they think the people that do the crime are owed that.” The right-wing GOP lawmaker has not responded to howls of outrage over the racist remark falsely equating Black people with criminals that he made Saturday at a raucous rally for former President Donald Trump in Nevada. “Tuberville’s comments are flat out ignorant, racist and utterly sickening,” said NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement. “His words promote a centuries-old lie about Blac…