A leading Tea Party organizer has refused to apologize for publishing a column on a Tea Party Web site telling voters to defeat Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison (D) because he is a Muslim, reports theWashington Post. In an interview on Wednesday, Judson Phillips, founder of Tea Party Nation, defended the column in which he accused Ellison of helping Congress send "millions of tax dollars to terrorists in Gaza." He said: "The Koran in no uncertain terms says some wonderful things like, 'Kill the infidels.' It says it on more than one occasion. I happen to be the infidel. I have a real problem with people who want to kill me just because I'm the infidel." Judson's Tea Party Nation attracted attention last spring when it hosted a Nashville Tea Party convention that featured Sarah Palin as the keynote speaker. Democrats denounced Judson's comments. "The Tea Party has featured congressional candidates that dress up as a Nazi, have ties to a criminal biker gang, have called for the violent overthrow of government, and now the leadership is disgracefully telling voters to vote against someone solely on the basis of their religion. The American people will reject this reckless Right Wing extremism that has unfortunately been embraced by the Republican Party," said a spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Read original story in The Washington Post | Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010
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