Of course. As we’ve learned all too well over the last several years, opposition to anything Obama and Democrats want is racist.

Matt Hadro of News Busters reports.

Columbia Professor Says GOP Opposition to Medicaid Expansion, Minimum Wage Hike Is Racist

MSNBC guest Dorian Warren thinks that racism is behind the GOP’s opposition to Medicaid expansion, affirmative action, and a minimum wage hike. Warren is a professor of political science and public affairs at Columbia University.

“There’s a distinction we should make between racist words and speech, and racist practices and policies. We should be focused on the policies and the racial impact of policies that those Republican leaders frankly stand for,” Warren said on Tuesday’s The Last Word. It wasn’t enough that GOP leaders like Rep. John Boehner and Sen. Mitch McConnell denounced the racist statements of former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

Here’s the video.