Lawmakers clash during the Michael Cohen hearing after a Republican was accused of using a black woman as a 'prop'
A heated clash derailed an already blockbuster congressional hearing on Wednesday after Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib appeared to accuse Republican Rep. Mark Meadows of what she called a"racist" act of using a black woman as a"prop" as a way to disprove allegations of racism against the President.
"Just because someone has a person of color, a black person, working for them does not mean they aren't racist," the Democratic congresswoman from Michigan said during a House Oversight Committee hearing featuring testimony from President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen.Tlaib continued,"And it is insensitive ... the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman, in this chamber, in this committee, is alone racist in itself.
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