Democratic Congressional leadership remains silent about a Democratic congressman’s claim that Tea Party members of Congress would “like to see [black Americans] hanging on a tree.”
The top-ranking Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives – Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Sen. Dick Durbin, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., – have not responded to The Washington Examiner‘s requests for comment on this issue. They have not supported or contradicted, or even acknowledged, the accusation leveled by Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind., that their Tea Party colleagues in Congress would like to see Carson murdered.
Repeated efforts to contact Minority Leader Pelosi about her caucus-member’s claim produced no response, except that The Examiner was told that her press secretary would respond “at his discretion.”
Carson accused his congressional colleagues of virulent racism at a Congressional Black Caucus town hall meeting:
Carson’s office has not responded to a request from The Examiner that he provide the names of the Members of Congress that he thinks want to see him “hanging on a tree.”
Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., a Tea Party favorite and member of the Congressional Black Caucus, said that the remarks have prompted him to consider withdrawing from the CBC:
We’ll let you know if we hear anything from the Democratic leadership.
