CBC member: Health bill protesters called Rep. Lewis the N-word

[jefferson_dem]

CBC member: Health bill protesters called Rep. Lewis the N-word
By Roxana Tiron and Lauren Victoria Burke - 03/20/10 03:27 PM ET

Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.) claimed Saturday that healthcare protesters at the Capitol directed racial epithets at Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) as he walked outside.

Carson, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus along with Lewis, told The Hill that protesters called Lewis the N-word.

Tea Party protesters held a rally outside the Capitol on Saturday, which included speeches by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) and actor Jon Voight, and then proceeded into the halls to lobby members at the 11th hour.

Lewis was one of the leaders of the civil rights movement alongside Martin Luther King. Jr.

Asked if racial epithets were yelled at him, Lewis responded, "Yes but it's OK. I've heard this before in the 60s. A lot of this is just downright hate."

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/88041-cbc-member-says-health-bill-protesters-called-rep-lewis-the-n-word

Clyburn: I heard people saying things today I've not heard since Mar 15th, 1960 when I was marching to try and get off the back of the bus.
http://twitter.com/RussertXM_NBC/statuses/10789565455

But Clyburn was downright incredulous, saying he had not witnessed such treatment since he was leading civil rights protests in South Carolina in the 1960s.

"It was absolutely shocking to me," Clyburn told the Huffington Post. "Last Monday, this past Monday, I stayed home to meet on the campus of Claflin University where fifty years ago as of last Monday... I led the first demonstrations in South Carolina, the sit ins... And quite frankly I heard some things today I have not heard since that day. I heard people saying things that I have not heard since March 15, 1960 when I was marching to try and get off the back of the bus."

"It doesn't make me nervous as all," the congressman said, when asked how the mob-like atmosphere made him feel. "In fact, as I said to one heckler, I am the hardest person in the world to intimidate, so they better go somewhere else."

Asked if he wanted an apology from the group of Republican lawmakers who had addressed the crowd and, in many ways, played on their worst fears of health care legislation, the Democratic Party, and the president, Clyburn replied:

"A lot of us have been saying for a long time that much of this, much of this is not about health care a all. And I think a lot of those people today demonstrated that this is not about health care... it is about trying to extend a basic fundamental right to people who are less powerful."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/20/tea-party-protests-nier-f_n_507116.html

[Cha]

1. No doubt they dredge the sewer

for the teabag gatherings.

[mediaman007]

3. They had to so Representative Bachman felt at home.

[msongs]

2. so are the democrats holding these republican party operatives accountable? we saw this in 2000 whe

all those republican party hirees put on those phoney protests in florida about the vote counts.

Msongs

[Clio the Leo]

4. The KKK didn't stop John 40 years ago....

... and their GRANDCHILDREN wont stop him now!!!

Keep on walkin' Brother John!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYIfqLI6ATE







Keep on Brother Emmanuel! Keep on Brother Barney!!!! Keep on Democrats!!! WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED!!!

[jefferson_dem]

7. My personal hero.

I love this man... Meeting him was one of my favorite moments of all time.

[Clio the Leo]

10. I've met my share of famous people....

... and I've become a bit jaded and there used to be only one person on earth I'd be excited to meet, it was John Lewis.

Now, there are two people.

(and no, the other one is NOT Brian Beutler, although that would be fun)

[Cha]

16. ..

Thanks.

[FrenchieCat]

5. Makes me cry.....

it just does.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. CNN just talked about this.

[DCBob]

8. scum..

typical rightwing mentality..

[Clio the Leo]

9. Also reportedly spat on Emmanuel Cleaver and called Barney Frank the F word.

http://twitter.com/dnewhauser/status/10789894477

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Emanuel_Cleaver,_official_Congressional_photo_portrait.JPG/390px-Emanuel_Cleaver,_official_Congressional_photo_portrait.JPG

[CBR]

11. These people are utter garbage. nt

[DangerousRhythm]

12. These teabaggers are just disgusting.

This really upsets me.

[DrToast]

13. He can handle a few teabaggers

And we'll win tomorrow. :)

[Clio the Leo]

15. You are right!

On BOTH counts!

[cal04]

14. pass this bill and let them leave with pig man

they are utterly disgusting

[Clio the Leo]

17. Also yelled at Andre Carson...

http://twitter.com/Todd_Zwillich/status/10788914671

[Clio the Leo]

18. And they made fun of Barney's lisp....

http://twitter.com/nicopitney/status/10790246448

[Clio the Leo]

19. And they called him a "homo communist"

.... whatever that is.

http://twitter.com/Todd_Zwillich/status/10789304054

[surfwaxamerica]

I really hope somebody got all this on video.

.

[Clio the Leo]

21. hmmm .... .lets see if any of the teabaggers are uploading stuff to Youtube... NT

[Clio the Leo]

20. I just invited Boehner to publicly denounce this...

.... via the old Twitter. We'll see who he's more afraid of, the tea baggers or the REST of the country.

[jefferson_dem]

22. The fucking apes at Free Republic aren't even pretending that this vile bigotry is wrong.

Here's just one example:

"When using the N word with reference to Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), a black Congressman, did they precede it with “bald headed”?"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2475583/posts