Mark Meadows

thumb|Mark Meadows in 2012 Mark Randall Meadows (born July 28, 1959) is an American politician who served as the 29th White House chief of staff from 2020 to 2021. He served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2013 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party, Meadows chaired the House Freedom Caucus from 2017 to 2019. He was considered one of President Donald Trump's closest allies in Congress before his appointment as chief of staff. 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 (Videos of Mark Meadows saying ‘send Obama home to Kenya’ resurface hours after he’s accused of racist stunt Colby Itkowitz February 28, 2019 The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/28/video-mark-meadows-saying-send-obama-home-kenya-resurfaces-hours-after-hes-accused-racist-stunt/; After denying racism, videos of Meadows vowing to send Obama 'home to Kenya' resurface William Cummings USA Today February 28, 2019 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/02/28/mark-meadows-2012-vow-send-obama-to-kenya-resurfaces/3013304002/; Republican who denied he was racist suggested Obama was born in Africa Jon Swaine February 28, 2019 The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/28/mark-meadows-obama-kenya-birther-republican; Clip of Meadows saying send Obama back to 'Kenya or wherever' resurfaces after clash with Tlaib John Bowden February 27, 2019 The Hill https://thehill.com/homenews/house/431953-clip-of-meadows-saying-send-obama-back-to-kenya-or-wherever-resurfaced-after) 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 (Videos of Mark Meadows saying ‘send Obama home to Kenya’ resurface hours after he’s accused of racist stunt Colby Itkowitz February 28, 2019 The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/28/video-mark-meadows-saying-send-obama-home-kenya-resurfaces-hours-after-hes-accused-racist-stunt/; Republican who denied he was racist suggested Obama was born in Africa Jon Swaine February 28, 2019 The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/28/mark-meadows-obama-kenya-birther-republican) [Trump did a good job at the meeting] laying out a conservative agenda [but] I got an interview I got to run to According to "Trump Manages To Give Some House GOPers More Heartburn In Hill Meeting" (July 7, 2016) External links Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:People from North Carolina Category:Activists from the United States Category:Christians Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives Category:White House Chiefs of Staff