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Episodes of the season in the wake of allegations he staged his own hate crime. chicago police superintendent eddie t. johnson said this. >> "empire" actor jussie smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. i'm left hanging my head and asking why. why would anyone, especially an african-american man, use a symbolism of a noose to make false accusations? >> and, of course, there was congressman mark meadows at the michael cohen hearing just yesterday, trotting out lynn patton, a trump administration official as if she were a live prop in an attempt to prove th...

Country or a county where the majority of voters are black is not the same thing as dropping an f-bomb or taking the lord's name in vain. it is not the same because it is, quite frankly, racist. lasante released a statement apologizing, saying she is sickened that word came out of her mouth, out of my mouth, that is her quote. it is not in my vocabulary and it does not represent my belief system, my life's work or what is in my heart. she is hardly the only one to use hateful language. she is not even the only one this month. so let me give you an example. there is the publisher of a small loc...

With this whole conversation is that, look, mark meadows, let's agree he's not racist for the purpose of this conversation. the fact is that he trafficked in racist when he had his conspiracy moments and utilized it as political conspiracy. i don't think it's my response to tell him that. i think it's alice's responsibility to pull him aside and say it is not always the message, per se. maybe alice needs to pull him aside and say that on its face, bringing out a black person, having the birther comments on its face is racist. you have to be willing to acknowledge that and move forward so we do...

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 was racist. >> just to make a note, mr. chairman, just because someone has a person of color, a black person, working for them does not mean they aren't racist. the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman in this chamber, in this committee is alone racist in itself. >> mr. chairman, i ask that her words be taken down -- >> i we -- i reclaim my time -- >> mr. chairman. >> excuse me, would you like to rephrase that statement? >...

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 was racist. >> to make a note, mr. chairman, just because someone has a person of color, a black person working for them does not mean they aren't racist. the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman in this chamber, in this committee is alone racist in itself. >> mr. chairman, i ask that her words be taken down -- >> i we -- i reclaim my time -- >> mr. chairman. >> would you like to rephrase that sta...