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Was not born in the united states of america is racist. it was peddled by racists. it was racist when donald trump did it before he was even a candidate. it was racist when he did it as a candidate. and members of congress were elected on that type of rhetoric. using racism for political gain. what we saw here today with congressman meadows was fascinating for several reasons. first, the initial tokenism of lynne patton. here is a black woman who works for donald trump, and so therefore donald t...

Racist. i have a black frenld. his name is elijah cummings, and i have black nieces and nephews. >> he was looking for elijah cummings to bail him out. its like come on, you know me. >> he gets called out for tokenizing lynn patten. what does he do? he tokenizes elijah cummings and his own nieces and nephews. >> she did it of her own volition. >> im going to say that too. she likes the attention. she tweeted it aout ahead of time she was going to do this. shes part of that same cabal of trump at...

Mean they arent racist. and it is insensitive that some would even say its -- the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman, in this chamber, in this committee is alone racist in itself. donald trump is setting . >> mr. chairman i ask that her words be taken down. >> donald trump is setting the precedent. i reclaim my time. >> mr. chairman. >> donald trump is saying the precedent that the highest office. >> mr. chairman the rules are clear. >> cover up and hold on to business as...

Look at his administration speaks volume. >> i am going to be talking to the congresswoman about that in just a few minutes, so stay tuned. but that wasnt the end of it. heres congresswoman ayanna pressley. >> would you agree that someone could deny rental units to african-americans, lead the birther movement, refer to the diaspora as shit-hole countries, and refer to white supremacists as fine people, have a black friend, and still be racist? >> yes. >> yep. but things really got heated when co...

Intending to call mr. meadows a racist, is that right? >> no, mr. chairman, i do not call mr. meadows a racist. i am trying -- >> wait a minute. hold on. >> -- as a person of color, mr. chairman, just to express myself and how i felt at that moment. and so just for the record, thats what was my intention. >> all right. mr. meadows -- >> mr. chairman, theres nothing more personal to me than my relationship. my nieces and nephews are people of color. >> so, look, the congressman obviously loves hi...

Organization and the job that she currently holds. >> well, thats -- im glad you acknowledge that because you made some very demeaning comments about the president that ms. patton doesnt agree with. in fact, it has to do with your claim of racism. she says that as a daughter of a man born in birmingham, alabama, that there is no way that she would work for an individual who is racist. how do you reconcile the two of those? >> as neither should i as the son of a holocaust survivor. >> i have a bl...

That president trump is -- he cant be racist because he has a black employee. ill let you tackle that one. >> well, obviously its one of the most asinine things to come out of the mouth of a congressman during one of these hearings. and then to pull the stunt that he did to use a black woman as a prop, to say, see? no, look. shes going to dispute what you said, michael cohen. she works for donald trump. she doesnt think hes a racist. >> and shes black. >> and shes black. and to have her stand th...

Decisions. they said you used horrible words about like muslim americans and immigrants? >> yes. >> just to make a note mr. clarm, just because someone has a person of color, a black person working for them does not mean they arent racist. it is insensitive some would even say its the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman in this chamber, in this committee is alone racist in itself. >> mr. clahairman i ask -- >> i reclaim my time. >> setting a president -- >> mr. clahairman ...

Used horrible words about like african-americans, muslim-americans and immigrants? >> yes. >> just to make a note mr. chairman, just because someone has a personal color, black person working for them does not mean they arent racist. it is insensitive that someone say -- someone would use a prop, black woman, in this chamber in this committee, is alone racist in itself. i reclaim my time. >> mr. chairman, the rules are clear. >> cover up and hold on to this business assets to break campaign fina...

Back because they are dangerous and violent. >> i dont have a left position. both countries have a lot of problems. a lot of these people have lived here 10, 12, 17 years. they havent caused trouble, they have jobs. theres something cruel about displacing them and something racist. i will say it, the backdrop to this that we have to look at is donald trump is speaking to his base because hes been catching hell from his base for two days. i didnt interrupt you. i dont know i havent been to either...