GOP is outraged at Cohen's lies but gives President Trump a pass :: WRAL.com

CBC Editorial: Friday, March 1, 2019; Editorial #8396The following is the opinion of Capitol Broadcasting Company Since taking his oath of office, President Donald Trump has made at least 8,780 false or misleading [1]statements. That is a fact. Michael Cohen, a lawyer and the president’s “fixer,” testified Wednesday before the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Reform Committee to acknowledge his lies and offer up (with corroborating documentation) what he contended was a more truthful portrait of Trump and his actions. Republicans on the committee – including North Carolina’s Virginia Foxx and Mark Meadows – focused exclusively on attacking Cohen’s credibility. The tactic was certainly understandable. Their tolerance of Trump’s constant falsehoods – averaging 13 a day since he’s been in office – left them little choice. They made no effort to defend Trump’s credibility or veracity. They know they were defenseless. But it backfired. Meadow’s theatrics in particular emerged as news just as big – and another embarrassment to North Carolina politics – than Cohen’s testimony. Meadows, one of Trump’s most reflexive defenders finds himself along with Cohen, a not-so-flattering focal point. At one point silently standing behind Meadows was Lynne Patton, a black woman who’s worked for the Trump family and now in the White House. Meadows demanded that her statement vouching that Trump was not a racist, be made part of the committee record. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat from Michigan, who is black, called the display racist [2]and insensitive – using Patton as a “prop.” She clarified her comments to say she was not calling Meadows personally a racist. Not only did this incident become an emotionally-charged moment[3] in the hearings – it turned the focus on Meadows[4]. A 2012 video of Meadows [5]saying “2012 is the time we are going to send Mr. Obama

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