A heated exchange between Rep. Mark Meadows Mark Randall MeadowsHouse moves toward spending vote after bipartisan talks House Democrats mull delay on spending bill vote Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE (R-N.C.) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib Rashida Harbi TlaibTrump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' George Conway: 'Trump is like a practical joke that got out of hand' Pelosi endorses Kennedy in Massachusetts Senate primary challenge MORE (D-Mich.) prompted Twitter users on Wednesday to resurface comments Meadows made in 2012 about sending former President Obama "home to Kenya or wherever it is."

Steve Morris of the left-leaning media watchdog Media Matters for America posted a video to Twitter on Wednesday that showed then-candidate Meadows pledging that 2012 "is the time we are going to send Mr. Obama home to Kenya or wherever it is."

Here's Mark Meadows, who just sidetracked the entire House Oversight Committee to assure him he's not racist, saying that "2012 is the time we are going to send Mr. Obama home to Kenya or wherever it is" pic.twitter.com/90L1xnWf6v — Steve Morris (@stevemorris__) February 27, 2019

Meadows was elected to the House that year, while Obama won a second term in the White House. Meadows's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill on Wednesday night.

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The clip was retweeted by several high-profile Democratic supporters, including actress Sarah Silverman, filmmaker Michael Moore and Black Lives Matter activist Deray McKesson.

This is the man who brought a black employee of Trump’s to the hearing today to prove Trump isn’t racist. Mark Meadows is a fucking PIG https://t.co/hx3T6xJH59 — Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) February 27, 2019

Yeah, Mr. Meadows, you’re an effin’ racist. Get it all out of your system bro because a country like ours which is nearly 70% female, people-of-color and/or young adults is taking power—and the day of the angry, racist, white man is soon going to be a thing of the past, farewell. https://t.co/gyi4mHzfhh — Michael Moore (@MMFlint) February 27, 2019

In related news, I wonder how Rep Meadows rationalizes his “I’m not racist” stance with his questioning the legitimacy of America’s first Black President b/c “he was born in Kenya or wherever he’s from” stance?pic.twitter.com/8B7F591EcB — Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) February 27, 2019

Wild. I had no idea Meadows made birther comments. https://t.co/r4Mc7ZGkeP — andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) February 28, 2019

The video was posted after Meadows clashed with Tlaib on Wednesday during Michael Cohen's congressional hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

Tlaib condemned Meadows's use of a statement by a single black woman working in the Trump administration to disprove allegations of racism against President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE as a "racist act."

"Just because someone has a person of color, a black person working for them does not mean that they aren't racist," Tlaib said during Wednesday's hearing.

"And it is insensitive ... the fact that someone would actually use a prop, a black woman in this chamber, in this committee, is alone racist in itself," she continued.

Meadows fired back at Tlaib, asking her remarks to be stricken from the congressional record.

"There’s nothing more personal to me than my relationship … my nieces and nephews are people of color, not many people know that," Meadows said.

Tlaib then clarified her remarks at the request of Rep. Elijah Cummings Elijah Eugene CummingsBlack GOP candidate accuses Behar of wearing black face in heated interview Overnight Health Care: US won't join global coronavirus vaccine initiative | Federal panel lays out initial priorities for COVID-19 vaccine distribution | NIH panel: 'Insufficient data' to show treatment touted by Trump works House Oversight Democrats to subpoena AbbVie in drug pricing probe MORE (D-Md.), the committee's chairman.

“As everybody knows in this chamber, I’m pretty direct. If I wanted to say that I would have,” the Michigan congresswoman said. “But that’s not what I said.”