Is the Tea Party racist? Mychal Massie, speaking today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., says “no.”

Eschewing a formal debate, Massie used his podium instead to respond to Tea Party critics Al Sharpton, D.C. congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy, and Marc Morial of the National Urban League. None of the respondents showed up, though Massie assured the small press gathering that he had reached out to all three.

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