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Black Members: Tea Partiers Used N-Word
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Mar 20, 2010 04:23pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Tory Newmyer |
| News Date | Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.) said some anti-reform tea party protesters gathered on Capitol grounds shouted racial epithets at him, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Lewis’ chief of staff earlier today.
Carson said the taunts came as the three men — all African-American — walked out of the Cannon House Office Building for votes this afternoon.
“They were shouting the N-word,” Carson said. “It was like a page out of a time machine.” Carson said Capitol Police surrounded the group and escorted them across the street to the Capitol.
The lawmaker said he didn’t feel physically threatened though he was concerned for Lewis. But he added Lewis, a veteran of the civil rights movement, remained calm, telling him, “I’m being reminded of an old time.”
Thousands of tea party activists descended on the Capitol complex today to register their opposition to the health care overhaul. |
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