was not born in the united states of america is racist. it was peddled by racists. it was racist when donald trump did it before he was even a candidate. it was racist when he did it as a candidate. and members of congress were elected on that type of rhetoric. using racism for political gain. what we saw here today with congressman meadows was fascinating for several reasons. first, the initial tokenism of lynne patton. here is a black woman who works for donald trump, and so therefore donald trump cannot be racist, which on its face is ridiculous. second, she doesn't even get to speak. stand up, black woman. see? she likes donald trump. okay. you can sit down now. we're going to go back to talking. the framing of it was remarkable. but then to have a woman of color congresswoman later on speak the way that many of us at home watching this were thinking, right, that this was offensive. this was strange. >> yeah. >> having heard her say that and to then have this congresswoman so almost hysterically respond to her, well, i couldn't be a