Photo shows U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler wearing blackface at college Halloween party in 2006

Here We Go Again: GOP Rep. Mike Lawler Apologizes For Blackface Hallow

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler apologized for donning blackface as part of a Michael Jackson costume he wore for Halloween.

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler sorry for wearing blackface Michael Jackson costume

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler says he’s sorry for wearing blackface as part of a Michael Jackson costume when he was in college nearly two decades ago. The first-term Westchester lawmaker, who’s locked in a tight reelection fight, admits it was a mistake to don the offensive dark makeup at a 2006 Halloween party while he was a student at Manhattan College in the Bronx. “That is not something I would do today and certainly understand why people wou…

Mike Lawler on defense in final days of toss-up New York House race - Washington Examiner

Incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) is fighting back following reports nearly 30 days before Election Day accusing the House Republican of wearing blackface and dodging racist rhetoric. Lawler is up against former Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY) in a toss-up House New York race that could decide the makeup of the lower chamber that currently has historically thin margins. Lawler was forced to apologize for wearing blackface as part of a Michael Jackson…

GOP Rep. Mike Lawler claims blackface costume was an ‘homage’ to Michael Jackson

The House Republican from New York apologized for wearing blackface in a newly revealed college photo — before suggesting that what he did wasn’t truly blackface at all.

'Not Accepted!': Rep. Mike Lawler's Apology for 2006 Michael Jackson Impersonation Photo Falls Flat; He Denies It Was Blackface

A first-term Republican congressman offered a non-apology apology when confronted this week with photos taken of him dressed as Michael Jackson, his face visibly darkened. Mike Lawler, who represents a district in New York’s Hudson Valley, contends that blackface, a practice long considered racist, was not his intent. Instead, he said in a statement, the costume was meant as a tribute to the king of pop. One of the pictures, snapped in 2006 camp…

Blackface photo shakes up toss-up House district in NY

New York Republican Congressman Michael Lawler is embroiled in controversy over a 2006 Halloween costume, when he dressed in blackface as Michael Jackson.