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It’s morning & I still can’t believe that Rep. Mark Meadows ran the full playbook of most insulting racism defenses. 1. Used the “Black friend” defense as proof a white person could not be racist. Actually physically presented the Black friend (which is unusual).
2. Used “he’s never said anything racist to me” as proof a white person could not be racist. 3. Asked forcefully “do you have proof” of witness who just recounted racist statements he personally heard.
4. Expressed outrage when a person of color called out the inherent racism of 1-3. 5. Accused the person calling out racism of being racist. 6. Confessed publicly that he has relatives who are “people of color.” 7. Became loud & tearful at the outrage of being accused of racism.
8. Demanded that the well-founded accusation of racism be “stricken from the record” or otherwise retracted.
9. Allowed himself to be calmed down by a Black person in authority with whom he insists he is friends. It was stunning. Sickening. Mind-blowing.
That the night ended with the resurrection of this birtherism gem from Meadows’ recent past was, of course, the final scene:
