Mark Williams: Who IS this foul-mouthed Tea Party Express leader?
BY Rich Schapiro
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Originally Published:Friday, May 21st 2010, 1:53 AM
Updated: Friday, May 21st 2010, 10:22 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/05/21/2010-05-21_nothing_is_out_of_bounds_for_national_tea_party_express_foulmouthed_leader_mark_.htmlHe has dubbed President Obama "our half white, racist President" and insisted Muslims worship "the terrorists' monkey-god."
Nothing seems out of bounds for Mark Williams, the foul-mouthed leader of the national Tea Party Express.
The longtime conservative talking head shot to prominence last year as one of the loudest voices behind the Tea Party movement.
A darling of Fox News, Williams' virulent, anti-Obama blog postings often draw headlines - and controversy.
His Web site features a section labeled "Barack Hussein Obama Jr and other enemies of America," which lumps the President together with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Yasser Arafat and Jimmy Carter.
In a post last year, Williams, 54, referred to Obama as "an Indonesian Muslim turned welfare thug and a racist in chief."
Pressed on Anderson Cooper 360, Williams refused to backtrack.
"That's the way he's behaving," the California-based commentator said.
Williams drew more criticism after he penned a letter denouncing Cooper's depiction of him as a racist.
"I was in the streets marching for civil rights while a------ southern sheriffs were swinging nail studded baseball bats at blacks' heads," Williams wrote in the missive obtained by Talking Points Memo.
"Two things you can always count on: I will defend my record on race to no one (sic), under any circumstances and, I will call out any racist, any time without regard to who they are . . . and that includes our half white, racist President."