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  • Exposing the Link Between Tea Party Leaders and Racism

    Tea Party Nationalism is a new report by Devin Burghart, Leonard Zeskind and the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, that exposes the connection between numerous tea party leaders and racism.

    At the camarade.biz, you’ve seen the examples of racism at tea party events and rallies. Tea Party Nationalism digs even deeper into the histories of tea party leaders around the country, and the results are shocking.

    Profiles of Troubling Tea Partiers

    Karen Pack

    Karen Pack describes herself as “a Christian, a Tea Party Member, a Constitutionalist and a Patriot”, is the leader of the Wood County Tea Part in Texas.. But she also has a history with the Ku Klux Klan. Documents show that Karen Pack of Winnsboro, subscribed to the “White Patriot” tabloid, and that Thom Robb’s Knights of the Ku Klux Klan listed her as an “official supporter.

    Roan Garcia-Quintana

    Roan Garcia-Quintana of Mauldin, South Carolina is involved in several local Tea Parties and served as “advisor and media spokesman” for the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party rally in Greenville, South Carolina. Garcia-Quintana recently joined the National Board of Directors of the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC), the largest white nationalist group in the country and direct descendant of the white Citizens Councils that fought to defend Jim Crow segregation during the 1950s and 1960s.

    Peter Gemma

    Peter Gemma, a resident of a Sarasota, Florida, belongs to the ResistNet Tea Party faction. Gemma is also a professional white nationalist. He served as head of Design, Marketing, and Advertising for the white nationalist Council of Conservative Citizens newsletter, the Citizens Informe — which has complained that minorities were turning the U.S. population into a “slimy brown mass of glop”.

    Clayton R. Douglas

    Sixty four year old Tea Partier Clay Douglas lives in Tucson, Arizona. The biker and one-time mayor of the tiny hamlet of Bingham, New Mexico is a member of the ResistNet Tea Party faction. Douglas uses his ResistNet website profile to advertise his Free American website and radio program — which has run racist stories like, “Are the Jews Behind the Destruction of America?” At a conference of another anti-Semitic group, Douglas once blamed Jews for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

    Larry Pratt

    Larry Pratt of Virginia is a member of two different national Tea Party networks: Tea Party Nation and 1776 Tea Party. He has been promoting the gun and militia movement for years, and in 1992 spoke at a Colorado meeting of Aryan Nations leaders, former Ku Klux Klansmen, and adherents of so-called “Christian Identity” — a doctrine in which Jews are considered Satanic and persons of color are referred to as “mud people.”

    Billy Roper

    Billy Joe Roper is an enrolled member of the ResistNet Tea Party, a write-in for Arkansas Governor and a founder of the White Revolution. One of White Revolution’s rallies was held in Topeka, Kansas in May 2004, to protest the anniversary of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that outlawed Jim Crow segregation in education.

  • Former Tea Party Express Chairman to Undergo “Racial Sensitivity Training”

    The following press release was circulated by Mark Williams’s PR firm KAS Publicity:

    For Immediate Release Contact: Kristen Schremp

    October 15, 2010 Kristen@kaspublicity.com

    703.928.5527

    Former Tea Party Express Chairman Mark Williams Still One of the “Top 20 Most Influential People in the Tea Party”

    The Daily Telegraph, London, October 12, 2010

    Williams Agrees to Undergo Racial Sensitivity Training Due to Controversial Letter

    Sacramento, CA— More than three months after the initial onslaught of controversy surrounding the satirical letter written, and then posted, by then-Tea Party Express Chairman Mark Williams, the outspoken front man is raising his voice on the issue. “That letter showed an unbelievable amount of disrespect and irresponsibility on my part,” said Williams. “I am extremely humbled and very thankful that my personal lapse of judgment did not detract from a cause that I think is critical; not just to me, but to every American and their inalienable rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

    In early July, Williams posted a mock letter from “the Colored People” to President Lincoln on his blog, which brought about his eventual resignation as the chairman of the Tea Party Express due to satirical criticism of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

    The divisive blog post sparked a reaction from NAACP president Benjamin Jealous, who responded to Williams’ letter with a conciliatory gesture: in a recent interview with CNN, Jealous stated that he would be happy to sit down and talk with Williams if he is willing to apologize for his past troubling statements, including the offensive letter.

    Williams has since removed the post from his blog, and has asserted that his remarks should in no way be considered a reflection of the Tea Party movement’s principles. “I’d like to formally apologize to the Tea Party and to any others who I’ve offended with my reckless commentary,” stated Williams. “I’ve decided that racial sensitivity training would be good for me; I know my behavior needs to change and I’m ready to take that step.”

    Williams has been named one of the “Top 20 Most Influential People in the Tea Party” according to The Daily Telegraph in London. For the complete list, visit: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/us-politics/8056705/Top-20-most-influential-people-in-the-Tea-Party-movement-20-11.html. Williams is the author of Taking Back America One Tea Party at a Time, and was named one of the New York Daily News’ “Tea Party Animals.” He has spoken at more than 200 Tea Party events across the U.S. and is the leading opponent of the Ground Zero Mosque. Williams continues to fight and work on behalf of the Tea Party candidates nationwide in his new role as President of the Conservative Party USA.

    On his recent appointment to the Top 20 list, Williams said, “That somebody as controversial and outspoken as me is among the most influential Americans in the New American Revolution speaks volumes to the legitimacy of our movement. We are real, very real. I am both grateful and thrilled to be a part of it.” Conservative Party USA was formed in April 2009 and is currently active in 14 states, with expectations to become a nationally-recognized organization within the year.

    For more information or to donate to the Conservative Party USA, please visit www.cpusa.org, or for Mark Williams’ blog, visit www.marktalk.com.

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    For more information or to schedule an interview with Mark Williams, please contact

    Kristen Schremp at Kristen@kaspublicity.com or 703.928.5527

  • T-Shirt from 8/28 Rally

    I’m sure I’m not the only one who witnessed the events of that day. And I was interested in the opinions of the other members. I don’t know what to expect from this start in life, “We’re so angry and we’re not going to leave this kind of event” and by the way, I was stoked for it. But about 7 weeks ago it became clear that the organiser Glen Beck from radio and fox news changed his mind and wanted something more designed to bring people together.

    I guess realising that the event would be held on the 47th anniversary of MLK’s I Have a Dream speech had something to do with it. Anyway, when the news came out that no posters or banners were allowed, you could sense a change. What if speakers were told not to be political in their speeches and even Sarah Palin put her paws away and still followed the event guidelines. .

    The theme of restoring the honour of a nation begins with restoring the honour of the citizens first. Since we are all citizens, we must take action together before we can move on. I do not believe there is any question about the honour of those who give out awards or those who receive them. Created after the award for merit that was first issued by George Washington for meritorious service during the revolutionary war.

    All three recipients have truly given service that despite the shortcomings in their lives, they have given service to mankind. By reflecting on how we as individuals can better ourselves and thereby better our governments and nations in order to be of value to the world as a whole. This is much different from people who mess everything up for events like ours.

    There were many people dressed up and wearing t-shirts with slogans (My favourite is Think you can trust the government, just ask an Indian.) And yes, the guy wearing it was a member of the (sorry I can’t spell it) tribe. He had every right to say that. With 240 religious people on stage including Rabbis, Imons, Preachers and Pastors closing the event with thunderous bag pipes and a quarter of a million (my estimate) people singing Amazing Grace, I must admit that I cried.

    What were you thinking? Just saw them raise 5 and a half million for SOWF, a charity for our soldiers.