Rep. Steve Cohen puts Giuliani's attack on Obama in perspective with this one tweet

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Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) tweeted out a sharp dig at Rudy Giuliani for his recent comments suggesting that President Barack Obama does not love America enough.

“Rudy Giuliani questioned how much, or even if, President Obama loves America. Maybe he thinks he loves it 3/5 as much as Giuliani & his pals,” tweeted Cohen, referring to the infamous Three Fifths Compromise of the 1787 U.S. Continental Convention, which allowed for slaves to be counted as part of the population, but only as three-fifths of a person.

Although many people applauded Cohen’s comments, some users claimed Cohen himself was being racist. “hmmm yes this is a v good tweet, totally not racist, nope not racist at all,” said one Twitter user, Robert W. Howard.