Who: Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind. What: After accusing congressional colleagues of wanting him lynched because he is black, Carson told The Washington Examiner, “I was speaking figuratively.”

Why It’s Dim: There was nothing figurative about what he said: “Some of them in Congress right now of this Tea Party movement would love to see you and me hanging on a tree.”

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