Internet unleashes on 'racist' Republican Mark Meadows after he freaked out over Rashida Tlaib's accusations

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) had a meltdown during the House Oversight Committee hearing with Michael Cohen Wednesday when his colleague, freshman Rep. Rashida Tlaib, called his parading of a black Trump administration employee "racist."

"Just because someone has a person of color, a black person, working for them does not mean they aren't racist and...the fact someone would actually use a prop, a black woman in this chamber, in this committee, is alone racist in itself," Tlaib said during her opening remarks.

Meadows immediately began trying to interrupt the Palestinian-American congresswoman and later brought up that he has nieces and nephews who are "people of color."

As soon as the stunning exchange happened, Twitter exploded in commentary about it.

Many users noted that Meadows has, on multiple occasions, pushed the racist "birther" conspiracy theory claiming former President Barack Obama was not an American citizen. In at least two instances, the North Carolina Republican even said he wants to send Obama "back home to Kenya or wherever."

Political strategist Atima Omara laid waste to the congressman's claim that he can't be racist because he has people of color in his family.

"Senator Strom Thurmond had a black daughter & blocked the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for 24 hours in the US Senate," Omara tweeted.

Others still made light of the confrontation, joking that it was akin to the controversial, Oscar-winning Green Book film accused of promoting a "white savior" narrative after being directed by a man who once pushed Donald Trump's conspiracy theory that Muslims cheered for 9/11.

"It’s as if Green Book taught us nothing," reporter Dave Itzkoff tweeted.

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