Those “demeaning” comments from Cohen included calling the president a racist and saying he once heard Trump say black people were “too stupid” to vote for him, among other examples. “I asked Lynne to come today in her personal capacity to actually shed some light,” Meadows said as Patton stood behind him silently. “[Cohen] made some very demeaning comments about the president that Ms. Patton doesn’t agree with. Tlaib clarified that she was not calling Meadows a racist but said his action in recruiting a black woman to deny Trump’s racism was itself a racist act. Meadows replied by saying he has family members who are people of color, and he then accused Tlaib of racism.

Source: Huffington Post February 27, 2019 22:41 UTC