Republicans are mad that Cohen said Trump is racist. The president’s record speaks for itself.

Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Trump testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill February 27, 2019 in Washington, DC. . Credit: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images

President Trump has publicly done or said racist things for decades. Republicans are now studiously avoiding his record.

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee invited a black federal employee to appear in Michael Cohen’s hearing Wednesday, to make the point that President Donald Trump could not possibly be racist, as Cohen has alleged.

In his opening statements, Cohen said he heard Trump call black people stupid, and claimed the president once asked if any country run by a black person was not a “shithole.” Barack Obama was president at the time, according to Cohen.

Lynne Patton, a Trump appointee in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, stood behind Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), who spoke for her.

View the complete February 27 article by Emily Q. Hazzard on the ThinkProgress website here.