Is Charlie Rangel Comparing Republicans To al Qaeda?

Remember Charlie Rangel?

He was censured publicly and resigned his committee chairmanship after ethics scandals a few years ago.

Well, he’s at it again.

In a freewheeling interview with The Daily Beast, he said House Republicans were worse than al-Qaeda and compared the Tea Party to the “white crackers” in the South during segregation.

See for yourself:

“House Republicans? Have done more damage to American competitiveness than al Qaeda ever could. “What is happening is sabotage. Terrorists couldn’t do a better job than the Republicans are doing.”

‘The Tea Party? Defeat them the same way segregation was beaten. ‘It is the same group we faced in the South with those white crackers and the dogs and the police. They didn’t care about how they looked. It was just fierce indifference to human life that caused America to say enough is enough. ‘I don’t want to see it and I am not a part of it.’ What the hell! If you have to bomb little kids and send dogs out against human beings, give me a break.’”

This type of disgusting and incendiary rhetoric has no place in our political system. It is exactly why people around the country are fed up with Washington.

It’s time for Congressman Rangel to publicly apologize for his remarks today.