An already tense hearing with former Trump fixer Michael Cohen got heated when a Democrat and Republican traded accusations of racism.
An already tense hearing involving former Trump fixer Michael Cohen got heated when a Democratic congresswoman and a Republican congressman traded accusations of racism.
The flareup started when Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., was questioning Cohen and took a swipe at Rep. Mark Meadows for bringing Lynne Patton, a black woman who’s friends with the Trump family and works for the federal government, to the hearing as a “prop.” Meadows had presented Patton to the hearing to push back against Cohen’s claims that the president is a racist.
“Just because someone has a person of color, a black person, working for them does not mean they aren’t racist, and it is insensitive that some would even say — the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman, in this chamber, in this committee, is alone racist in itself,” the freshman Democrat said.
An angry Meadows demanded Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, strike her comments from the record. “I’m sure she didn’t intend to do this, but if anyone knows my record as it relates, it should be you, Mr.
