Want to Insult a Black Person? Call Them a Prop; Cohen Hearing Brought Out the Worst

What lawmaker hears that, and proceeds to take him seriously?Cohen didn’t just lie to his wife or a colleague, or any other person: He lied under oath to the same lawmakers who sat Wednesday, giddily, accepting his words as facts.People waited – many with bated breath – to hear what Cohen would say about the Trump presidential campaign colluding with Russian officials. She said during the hearing: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.I find it disgusting that Patton was called a prop in an act. You can’t unring a bell (or in her case, another bell).On FoxNews Thursday morning, Patton noted that her father was born in Birmingham, Ala. She added she’d never work for a racist, as Cohen claimed he did.Why does [Tlaib] take the word of a self-confessed perjurer and criminal convicted White man over a Black female who’s highly educated, rose up through the ranks through one of the most competitive companies in real estate, and now works in one of the most historic administrations in history.That’s more racist than being put up there as a quote unquote prop.Here’s a telling tweet from Patton:And I’ve only been in politics for 2 years, but even I know by now that a budget means NOTHING. Either you support Trump or you damn-near hate him.What’s more unnerving is the thought that people are willing to believe Cohen, an adjudicated liar, because what he has to say bashes Trump.On that same note, if you support Trump to the point of oblivion, you may not be open to hearing other’s unflattering opinions either.One thing that is a fact is racism was alive and well in the U.S. long before Trump descended that escalator in June 2015 to announce his candidacy.