To say that the Tea Party is racist because they are white, is to be anti-white, to say that they are evil simply because of they are white.
After watching several video clips on Wednesday of fellow black lawmakers attack the tea party, Rep. Allen West, Florida Republican, told Fox and Friends host Steve Doocy, “I think I’m re-considering my membership in the Congressional Black Caucus.”
This remark came from Rep. West, a popular lawmaker among tea party activists, happened after a clip was played of Rep. Andre. Carson, Indiana Democrat, told an audience in Miami that tea-party supporting members of Congress look at African Americans as “second-class citizens” and would like to see them “hanging on a tree.”
Congressman West immediately defended the tea party and called Rep. Carson’s statements “reprehensible.” Rep. West is the only Republican who is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. When he first came to Congress back in January, he and fellow Republican , Rep. Tim Scott of South Carolina, were invited to be members of the CBC. Congressman West accepted, while Congressman Scott rejected the offer.
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