Mark Meadows

Mark Randall Meadows (born July 28, 1959) who has been the United States House of Representatives for North Carolina's 11th congressional district since January 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and chair of the Freedom Caucus. He is considered one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in United States Congress.

Quotes

• We’re gonna take back our country. 2012 is the time we are going to send Mr. Obama home, to Kenya or wherever it is. We’re gonna do it.
  • June 9, 2012 campaign speech (Itkowitz, Colby (February 28, 2019). "Videos of Mark Meadows saying ‘send Obama home to Kenya’ resurface hours after he’s accused of racist stunt". The Washington Post. ; Cummings, William (February 28, 2019). "After denying racism, videos of Meadows vowing to send Obama 'home to Kenya' resurface". USA Today. ; Swaine, Jon (February 28, 2019). "Republican who denied he was racist suggested Obama was born in Africa". The Guardian. ; Bowden, John (February 27, 2019). "Clip of Meadows saying send Obama back to 'Kenya or wherever' resurfaces after clash with Tlaib". The Hill. )

• Question: The question I have, if you’re sent to Congress, will you pursue some kind of investigation to find out whether or not this, uh, guy is really a citizen and entitled to those authorities?
  Meadows: Yes. If we do our job from a grassroots perspective, we won’t have to worry about it. We’ll send him back home to Kenya or wherever it is. We’ll send him back home.
  • June 12, 2012, during a forum held by the Blue Ridge Tea Party Patriots conservative group (Itkowitz, Colby (February 28, 2019). "Videos of Mark Meadows saying ‘send Obama home to Kenya’ resurface hours after he’s accused of racist stunt". The Washington Post. ; Swaine, Jon (February 28, 2019). "Republican who denied he was racist suggested Obama was born in Africa". The Guardian. )