(Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - A senior political reporter with Vice News says that Congressman Mike Kelly told him Tuesday he is “a person of color.”

Reporter Daniel Newhauser tweeted that the Butler County Republican told him, “You know, they talked about people of color. I’m a person of color. I’m white.”

"You know, they talked about people of color. I'm a person of color. I'm white." - Rep. Mike Kelly pic.twitter.com/pZm0dgEQpA

— Daniel Newhauser (@dnewhauser) July 16, 2019

President Donald Trump has been under fire recently for controversial tweets he directed at four Congresswomen of color telling them to go back to the countries they came from