Tea Party Conference CallFeatures Threat To Assassinate Senator Who Supports Reform
 

In a Tea Party-sponsored conference call held on Wednesday night, a participant called for the assassination of Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) over her support for immigration reform. Prominent conservative policymakers Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)’s communications director Stephen Miller and Heritage Foundation research fellow Robert Rector also joined the call, hosted by the conservative Eagle Forum group.

The most jarring and unexpected moment of the night was when the moderator opened up the phone lines to callers:

BOB FROM MAINE: I’m from Maine and our Tea Party will be meeting up next week. What is the best way that we can get our senator to listen to us?

ANOTHER CALLER: Shoot her. [laughter]

MODERATOR: Yes, we will shoot her with…(inaudible) and phone calls.

Read more here: http://thinkprogress.org/immigration...ating-senator/

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Oops, I forgot a space in the title!

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If the Republican party continue to cater to the Tea party, they are going to risk losing a lot of independents votes in general election.

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smh...

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Love the comments on the website.

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Someone should get a log of the incoming phone calls, trace the # and report this idiot. Joking about gun violence is beyond stupid.

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Tea party who?