Ahead of the House vote Tuesday to condemn President Trump’s racist tweets about four female Democratic lawmakers of color, a Republican congressman dismissed the outrage by claiming that he’s white and, therefore, a “person of color” as well. I’m a person of color. I’m an Anglo-Saxon,” Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) told Vice News in a brief exchange on Capitol Hill. The House passed the resolution condemning those tweets, with all Democrats, just four Republicans and the lone independent supporting it. People would say what’s on their mind at the time,” Kelly told Vice News .

Source: Washington Post July 17, 2019 20:37 UTC