Florida Rep. Alan Grayson recently sent out a KKK-themed fundraising email which compared the Tea Party to the Ku Klux Klan.
The analogy was too much for even some on the Left, and during an appearance on MSNBC, race-baiting slimewad Grayson was called out by liberal host Martin Bashir. Grayson then inferred that Bashir is a Tea Party “collaborator.” No, really.
Alan Grayson basically just accused Martin Bashir of being a tea party "collaborator." Aaaaaaaand scene.
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) October 25, 2013
Martin Bashir's now KKK? RT @lachlan Alan Grayson basically just accused Martin Bashir of being a tea party "collaborator." Aaaaaaaand scene
— Nino (@baldingschemer) October 25, 2013
Nuttery knows no party MT @FreeBeacon: Grayson Calls Bashir a Tea Party ‘Collaborator’ for Challenging Him on KKK Analogy
— Jonathan Blanks (@BlanksSlate) October 25, 2013
INSANE CONGRESSMAN Calls MARTIN BASHIR a ‘Tea Party Collaborator’ http://t.co/AUg7o8f9zy
— Dorsey Shaw (@dorseyshaw) October 25, 2013
Alan Grayson calls Martin Bashir a TEA PARTY COLLABORATOR!!!
— Michael Goldfarb (@thegoldfarb) October 25, 2013
@thegoldfarb @allahpundit He didn't really say that, did he?
— LetItBurnUSA (@LetItBurnUSA) October 25, 2013
Grayson did pretty much say just that. Here’s the video with partial transcript:
Grayson: And the point I’m making to you, Martin, is that if you don’t speak out against it then in effect you’re collaborating with it. And in fact, if you give somebody like me a hard time for speaking out against it, then maybe you’re collaborating with it.
Bashir: The point I’m simply making to you is that, is it appropriate to use such heinous crimes and to analogize them when describing the Tea Party when you and I know members of the Tea Party have not perpetrated murders or lynchings.
Shorter version of that debate:
Bashir: The Tea Party has never done anything remotely resembling the KKK.
Grayson: And we’ve got to call them out on it, collaborator!
In summary:
It takes a particular flavor of weapons-grade crazy to make Bashir look sensible, and that flavor is @alangrayson http://t.co/N7nBeG6Fo1
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 25, 2013
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Related:
‘Underwhelmed’: Read Sen. McCaskill’s ‘condemnation’ of race-baiting Alan Grayson
‘Thoroughly disgusted’ Allen West slams Alan Grayson’s Klan-themed fundraising email
