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Reid, Pelosi silent on 'Jim Crow' accusations
Washington Examiner ^ | 8/31/11 | Jim Gehrke

Posted on 08/31/2011 2:17:16 PM PDT by Nachum

Democratic Congressional leadership remains silent about a Democratic congressman's claim that Tea Party members of Congress would "like to see [black Americans] hanging on a tree."

The top-ranking Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives - Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sen. Dick Durbin, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., - have not responded to The Washington Examiner's requests for comment on this issue. They have not supported or contradicted, or even acknowledged, the accusation leveled by Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., that their Tea Party colleagues in Congress would like to see Carson murdered.

Repeated efforts to contact Minority Leader Pelosi about her caucus-member's claim produced no response, except that The Examiner was told that her press secretary would respond "at his discretion."

Carson accused his congressional colleagues of virulent racism at a Congressional Black Caucus town hall meeting:

"This is the effort that we're seeing of Jim Crow. Some of these folks in congress right now would love to see us as second class citizens. Some of them in Congress right now of this Tea Party movement would love to see you and me hanging on a tree."


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crow; pelosi; reid; silent

1 posted on 08/31/2011 2:17:19 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Stupid is as stupid Obama does.


2 posted on 08/31/2011 2:19:03 PM PDT by Williams (Honey Badger Don't Care)
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To: Nachum

Nancy is an overseer on that plantation.


3 posted on 08/31/2011 2:20:26 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The GOP has been "moderated" into a coma.)
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To: Nachum

Carson is ONE of TWO Muslims in Congress. This id never mentioned. Black Muslims have always wanted to cause racial violence in the US


4 posted on 08/31/2011 2:25:46 PM PDT by ken5050 (Should Christie RUN in 2012? NO!!! But he should WALK three miles every day!)
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To: Nachum

If the blacks only knew the truth about the Democrat party they would all become instant Republicans! God bless the Tea Party!


5 posted on 08/31/2011 2:26:23 PM PDT by Paperdoll (NO MORE RINOS!)
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To: ken5050

Muslims... they aren’t exactly the best ones to condemn slavery... are they ?


6 posted on 08/31/2011 2:26:58 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We need to fix things ourselves)
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To: Nachum

Carson s ONE of TWO Muslims in the House. That is NEVER mentioned. Black Muslims want to cause racial strife in the US


7 posted on 08/31/2011 2:28:17 PM PDT by ken5050 (Should Christie RUN in 2012? NO!!! But he should WALK three miles every day!)
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To: Nachum

Democrats never censure their own no matter how atrocious.


8 posted on 08/31/2011 2:28:27 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Nachum

Projection.....Pure and simple


9 posted on 08/31/2011 2:30:09 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: Nachum

Pelosi and Reid are profoundly evil. They have sold their soul to Satan.


10 posted on 08/31/2011 2:33:59 PM PDT by savagesusie
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To: cripplecreek

Pelosi may be the overseer of that plantation, but b. hussein obama is the owner. And if he (and his extension Eric Holder) didn’t like and encourage this divisive racism, his peeps Pelosi et al would carry out his wishes (as always), and speak out against Carson’s comments and those who cheered them.


11 posted on 08/31/2011 2:36:12 PM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: Paperdoll
If the blacks only knew the truth about the Democrat party they would all become instant Republicans!

Well....tell em.

12 posted on 08/31/2011 2:37:37 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER ( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: Nachum
Think the ugly, violent imagery, coming into play by way of the foul-brained Lefties, is a planned MO per their 'war on the opposition'. Think they are intending a race war of sorts. They are certainly stoking the fires. When all hell breaks out; perhaps on Election day; if not before; it will be the Tea Party and every Repub's fault.

And they will have predicted it as well; as they already are. They are more than determined; and their rhetoric speaks for itself as to their motivations. They certainly cannot speak to real issues or the disaster named Obama.

These people are hate itself; and proud of it.

13 posted on 08/31/2011 2:46:00 PM PDT by cricket (Osama - NOT made in the USA. . . .and Obama, not madhttp://atlasshrugs2000e in the USA either.. .)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Okay, black or white, we should all read Anne Coulter’s “Demonic”. She tells the entire story. Good bppl!


14 posted on 08/31/2011 2:48:58 PM PDT by Paperdoll (NO MORE RINOS!)
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To: Nachum

Not hanging on a tree, but off their asses, off the welfare rolls and working would be good.


15 posted on 08/31/2011 3:05:59 PM PDT by Joe Bfstplk (People should enjoy the fruits of their labor. No labor, no fruit.)
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To: PieterCasparzen

Muslims have been known throughout history to be great supporters of people of color...as servants and slaves.


16 posted on 08/31/2011 3:10:51 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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To: Nachum

Those black congress people and organizations like the NAACP, the black cuacus are getting funds and plenty of them under the table, thier only protecting thier stash


17 posted on 08/31/2011 3:36:11 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (V)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER; Paperdoll

I’m glad you brought that up - below is a link to something that impressed me very much, and I think you’d like. In 2005, black pastor and author, Wayne Perryman, spoke (and took questions) about his book “Unfounded Loyalty: Blacks and Democrats” on cspan2 (book tv) -

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/185756-1

It’s chock full of such good stuff, I think I’ll start a new thread for it :-)


18 posted on 08/31/2011 5:45:58 PM PDT by llandres (Forget the "New America" - restore the original one!!)
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To: llandres

Thank you for the link. I think it is important to get the word out now. There is so much deception going on in this country! Please do post it as a separate thread. God bless.


19 posted on 08/31/2011 7:08:08 PM PDT by Paperdoll (NO MORE RINOS!)
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