WASHINGTON – Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., wore blackface as part of a Halloween costume in 2006, according to reporting by the New York Times. Lawler is a first-term Republican who is in a ...

Rep. Mike Lawler responds to 2006 photo showing him in blackface for Halloween costume 02:52. Washington — Rep. Mike Lawler, a New York Republican in a tight race for reelection, apologized for ...

Perhaps Lawler does think his little get-up and face full of bronzer was an “homage” to Michael Jackson. Even if he is that dumb, it was still blackface that — like all minstrelsy ...