Video Surfaces of John Lewis "N*****" Incident at Tea Party Protest on Capitol Hill

Saturday, March 20, 2010 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

A video has surfaced this evening of the incident today involving civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and Tea Party protesters on Capitol Hill.

Rep. Lewis has alleged that he was called a n***** by the protesters.

Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN), who was walking with Rep. Lewis, says he heard the word n***** fifteen times.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) claims "It was a chorus" of people yelling "n*****."

The video, filmed by Marooned in Marin and posted at YouTube, shows Reps. Lewis and Carson walking together, with Rep. Cleaver several yards behind as they fight their way through the Tea Party patriots like they were in 1965 Selma, Alabama.

Reps. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) and Maxine Waters (D-CA) are also walking behind Lewis in the video.

View the shocking video here.

[Red6]

Well,

As “typical white folks” you can’t hear it like he can.

[BARLF]

sub·lim·i·nal   /sʌbˈlɪmənl/ Show Spelled[suhb-lim-uh-nl] Show IPA –adjectivePsychology. existing or operating below the threshold of consciousness; being or employing stimuli insufficiently intense to produce a discrete sensation but often being or designed to be intense enough to influence the mental processes or the behavior of the individual

[Grizzled Bear]

You can hear it if you play it backwards.

I played it backwards. It said "John Lewis is a lying butt-head who tea-bags himself."

[Windflier]

America -- a great idea, didn't last.

Screw you, Clint Williams, and the horse you rode in on.

[kittykat77]

I only have dial-up, so I can’t watch the video.

My question is this: What does it mean if some people yelled “n*gger”? So what? What does it prove? What does it disprove?

[jakerobins]

I don’t have the best hearing ...but I didn’t hear ONE single person saying the dreaded “N” word...Not even the “R” word......

I’m sure someone at MSNBC is busy doctoring the tapes as we speak......Tommorow and Monday they will sound like a KLAN meeting......

[23 Everest]

Wasn’t Lewis the guy that stood in the well of congress and said that sharks still swim a pattern in the sea that the slave ships sailed back in the day?

[tutstar]

I believe I posted that I didn’t believe the n word was used. OH!

[unspun]

Perhaps someone said...

“Healthcare rationing is niggardly!”

[jiggyboy]

If you listen very carefully, you can hear someone say “Nii!” to them.

[Red6]

This whole racist thing every black political figure wants to play is becoming sort of like a Monty Python skit.

[kittykat77]

Racism... the last refuge of a racist.

[Adder]

bump

[Semper Mark]

"I did hear someone yell “LIAR,” however."

Well, that would be considered offensive.
The truth does hurt you know.

[Republic]

You know, my friend, when you are being very, very bad ( ie. personal confrontations with billy, embarrassing members of the black caucus, you racist, you and etc... ) you are the very, VERY best! :^)

[rightwingextremist1776]

That too.....;’)

[Ladycalif]

No one said it.

[magslinger]

Let me see if I have this straight: The members of a racially segregated organization (Congressional Black Caucus) are calling Tea Partiers racist? How does that work?

[Red6]

Damn,

You thought of it before me!

All I could think of was the skit of where they were condemning the girl as a witch.

[unkus]

I heard no bad language; I did see some damned Communists.