In Georgia, the evening after this occurred:
Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat, who came under scrutiny after accusing a local doctor of “hijacking” a recent town hall meeting is standing by his remarks and says some of the conservative protesters are motivated by racism.Mr. Scott, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, appeared on Fox Business’s “Happy Hour” Monday afternoon to give his side of the story after a Washington Times report of his contentious town hall was linked by the highly-trafficked Drudge Report over the weekend. During the interview the congressman said “drama” over health care reform was being manufactured by right-wing protesters and has produced an uptick in racially-motivated attacks. “There were tea baggers all over the place,” the congressman said of his past town hall meeting.
Later in the interview Mr. Scott produced a flier for the television camera that had an image of President Obama styled as The Joker. “If you look at this, that’s a picture of President Barack Obama,” Mr. Scott said holding the sign up. “He’s grinning there like here’s the clown from Batman. Underneath that it says Nigga, nigga David Scott. It says you were, and you are, and you always forever shall be but a nigga. If that ain’t it I don’t know what is.”
UPDATE: MAN WITH GUN AT UPCOMING OBAMA RALLY. He is carrying a sign that uses the same Jefferson quote about the “blood of tyrants” as the T-shirt Tim McVeigh wore while killing 168 people.
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