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January 12, 2012

Hypocritical DNC Chair Blames Tea Party for Incivility Despite Her Own Record of Name-Calling and Incendiary Charges

Braying Democrat gaffe machine and DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is at it again. Speaking Wednesday morning, Wasserman Schultz bizarrely blamed a “lack of civility” on the tea party.
Wasserman Schultz’s claim is all the more outrageous considering her own rap sheet of uncivil behavior over the last year.
Wasserman Schultz has been a bad influence on her fellow Democrats who, sadly, have followed her rather uncivil example.

Braying Democrat gaffe machine and DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is at it again. Speaking Wednesday morning, Wasserman Schultz bizarrely blamed a “lack of civility” on the tea party:

DNC CHAIR DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ BLAMES TEA PARTY FOR “LACK OF CIVILITY”: “ ‘The discourse in America, the discourse in Congress in particular … has really changed, I’ll tell you. I hesitate to place blame, but I have noticed it take a very precipitous turn towards edginess and lack of civility with the growth of the tea party movement,’ Wasserman Schultz said.

“In a case of the pot calling the kettle black, Wasserman Schultz went on to complain: ‘You had town hall meetings that they tried to take over, and you saw some their conduct at those tea party meetings. When they come and disagree with you, you’re not just wrong, you’re the enemy.’” (Kendric Ward, “Recalling Arizona Shooting, Debbie Wasserman Schultz Blames Tea Party for ‘Lack of Civility,’” Sunshine State News, 1/11/2012)

Wasserman Schultz’s claim is all the more outrageous considering her own rap sheet of uncivil behavior over the last year:

AS RECENTLY AS DECEMBER, WASSERMAN SCHULTZ SAID REPUBLICANS WERE TRYING TO “RIG” ELECTIONS BY REQUIRING AN I.D. TO VOTE: “ ‘It’s very transparent who they’re trying to block from the polls and who they want to smooth the path for,’ Wasserman Schultz said in an interview with MSNBC’s Martin Bashir. … ‘They know they can’t win elections on the merits, so they’re trying to rig elections by blocking people’s access to the polls,’ Wasserman Schultz charged.” (“Wasserman Schultz: GOP to ‘Rig’ Elections By Requiring a Proper I.D. to Vote,” Real Clear Politics, 12/1/2011)

DNC CHAIR: GOP “LITERALLY” WANTS TO “DRAG US ALL THE WAY BACK TO JIM CROW”: “…[N]ow you have the Republicans, who want to literally drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws and literally – and very transparently – block access to the polls to voters who are more likely to vote Democratic candidates than Republican candidates. And it’s nothing short of that blatant.” (Ben Smith, “DWS: GOP Wants to Bring Back ‘Jim Crow’,” Politico, 6/6/2011

SAID GOP MEDICARE PLAN “LITERALLY A DEATH TRAP FOR SENIORS”: “This plan would literally be a death trap for seniors.” (“New DNC Chief: GOP Budget Proposal “A Death Trap for Seniors,” Fox News, 4/7/2011)

SAID REPUBLICANS WERE ENGAGED IN “A WAR ON WOMEN”: “ ‘So if you look on balance at the entire record, their record is anti-women, their record is a war on women and it’s a priority for them,’ said Wasserman Shultz.” (Paul Bedard, “New DNC Boss Calls GOP ‘Anti-Women’,” U.S. News and World Report, 5/26/2011)

FACTCHECK.ORG: DNC CHAIR “THROWS TRUTH TO THE WOLVES”, ACCUSATIONS ABOUT MEDICARE PLAN “SIMPLY WRONG”: “She is simply wrong to say that the GOP plan would allow insurance companies to ‘throw you to the wolves and allow insurance companies to deny you coverage and drop you for preexisting conditions.’” (“DNC Chair Throws Truth to the Wolves,” FactCheck.org, 5/31/2011)

Wasserman Schultz has been a bad influence on her fellow Democrats who, sadly, have followed her rather uncivil example:

BIDEN TELLS AFL-CIO “YOU ARE THE ONLY FOLKS KEEPING BARBARIANS FROM THE GATES.” (“Biden Fires Up AFL-CIO: ‘You Are the Only Folks Keeping Barbarians from the Gates,’” Breitbart TV, 9/5/2011)

PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID REPUBLICANS’ “PRIMARY IDEAS” TO CREATE JOBS ARE TO “ROLL BACK REGULATIONS THAT KEEP OUR AIR AND WATER CLEAN”:“And the primary ideas in their jobs plan was to roll back regulations that keep our air and water clean…” (“Remarks by the President on the American Jobs Act,” The White House, 10/19/2011)

SENATE DEMOCRATS’ PLAN TO SELL STIMULUS 2.0 WAS TO ATTACK “TEA PARTY ECONOMICS”: “Senate Democrats will brand Republican opposition to President Barack Obama’s jobs plan as ‘tea party economics,’ a top Democrat said Wednesday morning. Whether the White House will adopt the strategy is unclear.” (Scott Wong and Manu Raju, “Senate Democrats to Blast ‘Tea Party Economics,’”Politico, 10/12/2011)

REP. ANDRE CARSON (D-IN): TEA PARTY WOULD “LOVE” TO SEE BLACK AMERICANS “HANGING ON A TREE,” WANTS TO RETURN AMERICA TO “JIM CROW”: “Democratic Rep. Andre Carson told a Miami crowd last week that the Tea Party movement would ‘love’ to see black Americans ‘hanging on a tree.’ The comment is the latest charged remark made by a member of the Congressional Black Caucus as lawmakers tour the country talking about jobs. Carson, D-Ind., lamented at the event that the Tea Party was stopping ‘change,’ in an effort he said was reminiscent of the ‘Jim Crow’ era.” (Judson Berger, “Rep. Andre Carson: Tea Party Wants to See Black Americans ‘Hanging on a Tree,’ Fox News, 8/31/2011)

REP. MAXINE WATERS (D-CA): “THE TEA PARTY CAN GO STRAIGHT TO HELL.”(“Maxine Waters to Tea Party: ‘Go Straight to Hell’,” National Journal, 8/22/2011)

REP. FEDERICA WILSON (D-FL): “LET’S ALL REMEMBER WHO THE REAL ENEMY IS. THE REAL ENEMY IS THE TEA PARTY.” (Anthony Man, “Congresswoman Federica Wilson Takes on Tea Party,” The Sun Sentinel, 8/24/2011)