Posted on 03/20/2010 7:03:59 PM PDT by kristinn
A Democrat Congressman who says he was a few yards behind Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) as he was walking between Congressional buildings today when Lewis was allegedly called a n***** by Tea Party protesters says that it was actually a chorus of voices calling Lewis a n*****.
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo) is quoted by McClatchy Newspapers as saying he "distinctly heard" Lewis called a n*****:
"It was a chorus," Cleaver said. "In a way, I feel sorry for those people who are doing this nasty stuff - they're being whipped up. I decided I wouldn't be angry with any of them."
Politico has reported that Lewis claimed it was only one protester who called him a n*****:
When Rep. John Lewis said he was voting for the bill, someone yelled, "Baby killer."
Later, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said that he heard from Lewis that another protestor later called him the N-word. A Lewis staffer confirmed that Lewis had been the target of that slur.
Politico also reported that a spokesman for Rep. Cleaver issued a statement claiming Cleaver was spat on by a protester:
“This afternoon, the Congressman was walking into the Capitol to vote, when one protester spat on him. The Congressman would like to thank the US Capitol Police officer who quickly escorted the other Members and him into the Capitol, and defused the tense situation with professionalism and care. After all the Members were safe, a full report was taken and the matter was handled by the US Capitol Police. The man who spat on the Congressman was arrested, but the Congressman has chosen not to press charges. He has left the matter with the Capitol Police.
A later report by CNN now has Lewis saying he was "repeatedly" called a n*****. Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) says he heard the word n***** "several times" while walking with Lewis.
Rep. Carson told the Washington Times he counted the times he heard the word n*****:
"It just happened on the way to votes. Coming out of [Cannon]…John Lewis’ chief of staff came with us. It was just the three of us walking down the steps. ‘Kill the bill, Kill the bill…n-word, fifteen times."
Newsbusters reported on ABC News' report of the alleged incidents:
Emanuel Cleaver was together with John Lewis – they were walking over to the Capitol when somebody spit on Congressman Cleaver and yelled the ‘N’ word at Congressman Lewis. Cleaver was taken to police headquarters. He did ID the man, but he is not going to press charges. He’s not speaking about it. Lewis is not going to speak about it. They don't want to take any more details away from the vote that’s coming up tomorrow.
CNN also claims that Rep. Barney Frank was called a "faggot" and that Frank claims he was called a "homo" by protesters.
No video of these claimed incidents have surfaced. The n***** charges have not been confirmed by anyone so far, except for those making the claims.
Kinda funny how this boisterous but peaceful protest:
has morphed into this without a video camera having recorded a thing based on claims that a handful of jerks in a crowd of thousands acted like jerks:
Politico reported that when Rep. Frank was called a homo or something, the heckler was swiftly dealt with by Tea Party protesters:
Frank, who is gay, was leaving the Longworth House Office Building when a man yelled a charged homophobic slur at the Massachusetts lawmaker.
Other protesters quickly admonished the shouter, with one woman yelling back, "We don't need that."
Given that example, there is no way a "chorus" of protesters chanted n***** at John Lewis with nobody shouting them down after the first n***** was allegedly uttered.
Sooner or later they will claim that someone brandished an assualt rifle and kicked a congressional page’s puppy...
What do you expect when a “segregated” group from the Professional Black Caucus purposely walks through the crowd?
They were praying someone would bite, and when it didn't happen, they lie and say it did.
After all, Democrats think the American People are stupid. They proved their point on Election Day 2008, didn't they?
Hey kr, you have any of those peaceful socialist, I mean, dems protests from D.C. against Bush or the troops handy?
This crap is how there were 11,000 people at “The lunch counter” with 15 stools.
There is a video and it does not confirm the Congressmen
s accussations. I didn’t save the link...sorry.
I don’t know but Rep. Ryan, the Dem, called us teabaggers several times and called on the GOP to apologize and denounce us.
Scalded the cat...
burned a church...
Picked their nose in front of Henry Waxman...
Used the n, q, s, h, f, r, b, s and j words, the FUBO words, the AM-FM words...
Threw bottles of Clear-Eyes at Nutjob Nancy...
Told Senator Olympia Snowe that there really is no Santa...
The caucus had at least 3 video phones recording themselves as they walked through the crowd along with dozens in the crowd. Let’s see it if it happened! We won’t see it because they lie!
Thanks for the info. I’m very, very glad to hear that. This was a much bigger success than I first thought.
It’s amazing that an entire chorus of chanters yelled this and the video couldn’t pick it up. Amazing, I say!
Oh, the huge mantatee. 
Media, including Fox, all piling on. I smell a rat with this story.
This POS is my Rep. Barf, gag.
So what?
It’s true. He is
There`s a video of the incident on youtube and it shows only people chanting “kill the bill”.
thats the best way to get news out
LOL! Apparently.
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