Alan Grayson Compares Tea Party To KKK: ‘If The Hood Fits, Wear It’

[Purveyor]

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) is not backing down about a flippant remark comparing Tea Party Republicans to the Ku Klux Klan into a fundraising message despite criticism from at least one opponent.

“Members of the Tea Party have engaged in relentless racist attacks against our African-American President,” Grayson said in a statement to WKMG-TV published on Tuesday. “There is overwhelming evidence that the Tea Party is the home of bigotry and discrimination in America today, just as the KKK was for an earlier generation. If the hood fits, wear it.”

Grayson’s latest fundraising email includes an image of a burning cross with the caption, “Now you know what the ‘T’ stands for” and a transcript of his interview on Monday with MSNBC host Al Sharpton, during which he stated that after the country lost $24 billion during the GOP-engineered government shutdown, Americans “want their money back, and the Tea Party out of their lives. At this point, the Tea Party is no more popular than the Klan.”

The message was quickly rejected by Tea Party members in Grayson’s region, including activist Jason Hoyt, who also insulted Sharpton.

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[Jefferson23]

1. lol, they damn well know it fits.

[Hutzpa]

2. Knew he had it in him

That's the spirit instead of being like some dems who cower from defending what they believe in.

[vinny9698]

3. Comparing Tea Party to KKK

Confederate flag check
Angry white guys check
Bible thumping check
Ignorant check
Mostly from the South check
Wearing costumes check
Racist check
Holding rallies for a free America check
Flying the Gadsden flag check
State's rights check
Seceding check
Armed at rallies check

[Southside]

5. Compelling argument

The side that dislikes Obama always had and element of bigotry and now it is coming to a head as that element takes the lead.

[zazen]

6. want to keep poor & minorities from voting: check

[zazen]

7. approve of murdering innocent black males in public because they look suspicious: check

[Iggo]

8. There.

[Laelth]

4. Excellent comments following the essay. k&r n/t

-Laelth

[Ohio Joe]

9. Good

It is about time they are publicly named for exactly what they.

[Faux pas]

10. Nothing better than

telling it like it is! I LOVE IT!

[BootinUp]

11. Grayson has good timing

Strike while the shit is hitting the fan! lol.

[TheKentuckian]

12. What the hell is the counter argument?

[Bryn]

13. I wish I still lived in his district

now I live in Arkansas, but I support Alan Grayson! Love you, Alan

K & R