Former Gov. Paterson: Rangel comments on Tea Party 'out of line'

Former New York Gov. David Paterson (D) said Monday that Rep. Charles Rangel’s (D-N.Y.) recent remarks comparing the Tea Party to segregationists were “out of line.”

The comment was prompted by Rangel’s statement last Friday in a Daily Beast interview that Tea Party supporters were “the same group we faced in the South with those white crackers and the dogs and the police.”

“I thought it was totally out of line for [Rangel] to lump what went on during the desegregation movement in with people who just have honest political disagreements,” said Paterson.

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The Five Demolishes Rangel Over Tea Party ‘Crackers’ Gibe: ‘Desperate,’ Deflecting From His Own Shady Ethics

The Five today unloaded on Democratic congressman Charlie Rangel for likening tea partiers to “white crackers” who opposed civil rights. Andrea Tantaros said Rangel was being “desperate” and “shameful,” suggesting he makes outlandish statements like this to “deflect attention away from him… and his ethical troubles.”  

Brian Kilmeade also found it outrageous how Rangel basically accused the GOP of being worse for the country than al-Qaeda in trying to “sabotage” the country. Eric Bolling mockingly scolded Rangel for saying “cracker” instead of “cracka” because the second one is totally not a racist word.

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