A pattern of racism by Mark Williams, founder of the Tea Party Express, got him and his organization kicked out of the National Tea Party Federation. An over the top racist satire was written by Williams, chairman of the Tea Party Express, in response to an NAACP resolution asking the Tea Party to renounce racism in its ranks. The Tea Party denied that racists were part of its membership when the NAACP voted at its convention last week on the Tea Party resolution. But the Tea party expelled Williams after his racist satire was highlighted by the national media. Post resource – Tea Party Express racist Mark Williams kicked out of movement by Personal Money Store.
Racism part of Tea Party Express founder’s style
By expelling the Tea Party Express, founded by Williams, the Tea Party is now without one of its most powerful factions. The New York Daily News reports that Tea Party Express accomplishments consist of raising $ 2.3 million and helping Republican Scott Brown get elected to the late Ted Kennedy’s seat. Williams relinquished the chairmanship last month to focus on leading a racism-tinged campaign against a mosque project in New York called the ground zero mosque, during which he has said Muslims will “worship the terrorist Monkey-god” in a temple in honor of the 9/11 attackers. Williams called Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who backs building the mosque, a “Jewish Uncle Tom who would have turned rat on Anne Frank”.
Tea Party Express leader says Muslims worship a “monkey god”
While the Tea Party Express’ Williams was saying that Muslims worship a monkey god, the Tea Party twisted the meaning of the NAACP resolution requesting the movement cull the racists from its membership. Tea Party officials and right wing news pundits said the NAACP was calling the Tea Party a racist organization. They retorted by calling the NAACP racist. But the NAACP Tea Party resolution’s meaning was clear after Williams wrote a letter and posted it on teapartyexpress.org.
Tea Party Express calls Lincoln “greatest racist ever”
The Tea Party movement expelled Williams and his Tea Party Express after he wrote a letter, labeled as “satire,” from NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous to President Lincoln . Fox News posted this excerpt:
“Perhaps probably the most racist point of all within the Tea Parties is their demand that government ’stop raising our taxes.’ That is outrageous! How will we coloreds ever get a wide-screen TV in each and every room if non-coloreds get to keep what they earn?” he wrote. “Mr. Lincoln, you were the greatest racist ever. We had an great gig. 3 squares, room and board, all our decisions made by the massa in the house. Please repeal the 13th and 14th Amendments and let us get back to where we belong.”
Will NAACP resolution help bring Tea Party racism under control?
The Tea Party Express ouster from the Tea Party movement may help the organization in the long run. The Huffington Post reports that now the movement must take responsibility for having an organizational structure. Until now, its vast organic, grass roots nature served as a convenient excuse for denying the kind of accusations that the NAACP made within the first place.
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