NAACP Official: Tea Party Uses Minorities as ‘Mouthpieces’ for Their Agenda

Just weeks after calling Senator Tim Scott a ventriloquist’s dummy for the GOP, NAACP official Rev. William Barber is going after the right again, this time saying the tea party uses minorities as “mouthpieces” to promote their agenda.

According to The Washington Post, in a conference call Tuesday, Barber said, “They frantically seek out people of color to become mouthpieces for their particular agenda.” This statement echoes what he said previously about Scott, that “the extreme right wing” found a black man who “articulates the agenda of the Tea Party,” saying that “a ventriloquist can always find a good dummy.”

Barber did not back down from those comments, and during the conference call today he continued to stand by them.

“It amazes me that people are concerned about a metaphor that says, whether you’re [South Carolina Gov.] Nikki Haley or whether you’re Gov. [Pat] McCrory of North Carolina or [North Carolina Senate candidate and Assembly Speaker] Thom Tillis or Sen. Scott — it has nothing to do with color… The issue is: Who are you a mouthpiece for when you fight the implementation of the Affordable Care Act?”

[h/t NRO]

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