National Tea Party Federation Rejects NAACP Accusations of Racism

NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- (http://www.myprgenie.com) -- The National Tea Party Federation today flatly rejected the NAACP's unfounded accusations that condemn "racist elements" in the Tea Party movement.

Tea Party and citizen group leaders from across the nation came together to respond to the outrageous and untrue accusations promoted by the NAACP and their political allies on the Left.

The Tea Party movement was founded on a desire to return the United States to the proven principles of fiscal responsibility, free enterprise and liberty; and that limited, effective, and efficient government must be our collective goal.

A tease of the NAACP's announced, approved, but as-of-yet unreleased resolutions states that the "… Tea Party movement is a threat to the pursuit of human rights, justice and equality for all."  A short statement on the group's website seems to base this upon the repudiated charges levied by Congressional Black Congress members against Tea Party rally participants in March.

David Webb, co-founder of New York's TeaParty365 said, "A false charge of racism is itself, racist.  The NAACP's looming irrelevancy as a true civil rights organization is the result of their shift to a far-left ideology. This resolution shows they no longer serve the black community's interests to advance people of color within American culture. Instead, they exert their power to isolate and control people of color."

"We strongly condemn the resolution by the NAACP, labeling the Tea Party as 'racist,'" said Texas' Laredo Tea Party Co-Chair Marion Santiago.

"Our group is comprised of at least 90 percent Hispanics/Latinos. We embrace anyone regardless of color, race, religion, gender or political affiliation, unlike the NAACP."

Andrew Breitbart, Publisher of BigGovernment.com said, "The NAACP -- like the Democrat Party which it now exclusively serves -- is in search of a desperate butt-saving play to protect the Party from November electoral losses. People's eyes are now wide open to the complicity of the once-respected civil rights organization and once-respected Party."

A collection of statements by Tea Party group leaders from across the country and further documentation illustrating the hypocrisy of the NAACP's selective condemnation of fringe elements versus institutional racism can be found at http://thenationalteapartyfederation.com/press_room.html .

About the National Tea Party Federation (NTPF):

The Federation is a broad coalition of local and regional Tea Party groups committed to improving communications between tea party and like-minded organizations.  Our purpose is to facilitate and support messaging, rapid response to media misinformation, and to collaborate and promote the movement's core principles of Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets and Constitutionally Limited Government. http://www.thenationalteapartyfederation.com .

SOURCE National Tea Party Federation