Posted on 08/02/2013 7:32:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In an interview with the Daily Beast published Friday, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) suggested Tea Partiers are the "same group" who fought for segregation during the Civil Rights movement.
It is the same group we faced in the South with those white crackers and the dogs and the police. They didnt care about how they looked," Rangel said.
Because of this, Rangel said the Tea Party could be defeated using the same tactics employed against Jim Crow.
"It was just fierce indifference to human life that caused America to say enough is enough. I dont want to see it and I am not a part of it. What the hell! If you have to bomb little kids and send dogs out against human beings, give me a break, said Rangel.
By labeling anyone who opposes reckless spending (nearly $17 trillion dollars of national debt) and big government a racist, Rangel intends to silence the opposition. It’s a tactic that works so well that Republicans don’t exist in most city governments. It’s the type of technique that allows bad leaders to be unaccountable.
Some time ago, I decided that when someone called me a racist or bigot, homophobic or xenophobic or whatever, I replied, “call me whatever you want but it won’t alter my opinion or actions. So, go peddle your own racism and bigotry to someone that can be intimidated by you.”
Tea stands for Taxed Enough Already.
Where are Senators from the Tea Party coming out and denouncing this? Do not let this sort of rubbish gain any traction!
They were all democrats, talks about an utter fail on stereotyping, ya great buffoon, race baiting swine.
Come here and say that to my face, Rangel, you useless moron.
"Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this
beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."
Since when is the TEA Party made up of Democrats?
Another uppity Ni___ out there race baiting.
Charlie Rangel is an absolute liar. The Tea Party is not made up of liberals who keep blacks down. That’s pretty low, when Charlie has to lie about who kept the blacks down in the past. And here Charlie is with his lies...continuing to keep blacks down in the present!
Hardly. The people who fought against civil rights were nasty Democrats, not good Tea Party folks.
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