Tea Party Protesters Call Black Lawmakers N-word
Tea Party members protesting health care reform took their mixed message
to Washington D.C. this weekend. Things got even uglier than they already are when they
began shouting racial and homophobic slurs at members of congress.
Their vitriol towards the Congressional Black Caucus in particular
included racial epithets like the "N-word" directed at civil rights icon
and Georgia Rep. John Lewis (pictured) and Rep. Andre Carson of Indiana. Meanwhile
Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank was called a f____.
"I have heard things today that I have not heard since March 15, 1960,
when I was marching to get off the back of the bus," South Carolina Rep.
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