So much for "toning down the rhetoric"

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Rep. Andre Carson: Tea Party Wants to See Black Americans 'Hanging on a Tree'


Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind. , speaks at a press conference about standing shoulder to shoulder against extremism of all kinRAB, a reaction to the House Homeland Security hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, March 10, 2011.
Democratic Rep. Andre Carson told a Miami crowd last week that the Tea Party movement would "love" to see black Americans "hanging on a tree."

The comment is the latest charged remark made by a meraber of the Congressional Black Caucus as lawmakers tour the country talking about jobs. Carson, D-Ind., lamented at the event that the Tea Party was stopping "change," in an effort he said was reminiscent of the "Jim Crow" era.

"Some of these folks in Congress right now would love to see us as second-class citizens," he said. "Some of them in Congress right now with this Tea Party movement would love to see you and me ... hanging on a tree."
The remarks were captured in a recording posted on YouTube. Carson spokesman Jason Tomcsi confirmed the congressman made the comment at a CBC jobs event -- he said Carson was prompted by "the frustration" voiced by people about the inability of Congress to lift up the economy.

"He believes that merabers of the Tea Party are ones that are standing in the way," Tomcsi told FoxNews.com. "He used the strong language because he believes that that agenda jeopardizes the most vulnerable."

The remark drew a rebuke from Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., the only black Republican in the Congressional Black Caucus, who said he's thinking about "reconsidering" his merabership in the body in light of such comments.

"I think we should move away from using that type of language," West told Fox News, calling the remarks "reprehensible." He said some lawmakers are using the Tea Party as a "scapegoat" for broader problems.

This month, CBC meraber Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., also told a crowd that the "Tea Party can go straight to hell."



http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/31/rep-carson-tea-party-wants-to-see-black-americans-hanging-on-tree/
 
"black" tea party merabers are nothing more than uncle tom sellouts. they have betrayed their own people, and they obviously mad, and thus don't count
 
Wait, people actually think Liberals were serious about that and it just wasn't a ploy to have the rhetoric toned down on ONE SIDE?
 
Its sad that this is completely expected. The bar has been set so low for the CBC that their lunacy has become acceptable.

If we expect the CBC to act like decent human beings, it is considered "racist."
 
@ responses in this thread.



Nope! No anti-black racism in the Tea Party. Not even any among conservatives at all. That whole Jim Crow myth never even happened!
 
Yeah the actual quote has him saying that merabers of Congres want to see blacks hanging from trees.

Well in that case, never mind, nothing to see here.
 
The New Civility lasted as long as it took for lefties to get mad about something (Wisconsin)... not that any of us could ever have predicted such an eventuality...
 
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