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National Tea Party Convention Kicks off with Frenzy of Immigrant Bashing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Leading national non-profit calls on Sarah Palin to cancel address to conference
Statement by Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change
Contact Mary Moreno, mmoreno@communitychange.org, 202-339-9316
Washington – Yesterday, at the first National Tea Party convention in Nashville, Tom Tancredo welcomed the tea partiers with this language: “People who could not spell the word vote or say it in English put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House. Name is Barack Hussein Obama."
The following is a statement by Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change:
“There should be no place in America for this type of racial and ethnic hate-mongering.
“We call on Sarah Palin to cancel her keynote address scheduled for Saturday in protest of this type of wrongheaded and hateful speech. In these hard economic times, it is more important than ever for America’s hard-hit communities to stand together. Scapegoating our problems on immigrants and minorities and nurturing the flames of anger and hatred will only tear America apart.
“We’re hopeful she’ll live up to the call for tolerance she made during a recent interview with TV personality Glenn Beck: ‘We need to continue to be so welcoming and inviting of those who are represented there by our Statue of Liberty. The immigrants, of course, built this country. And I think Republicans, conservatives are at fault when we allow the other side to capture this immigration issue and try to turn this issue into something negative for Republicans.’”
To book an interview with Deepak Bhargava, please contact Mary Moreno at mmoreno@communitychange.org, or 202-339-9316.
Since 1968, the Center for Community Change has strengthened the leadership, voice and power of low-income communities and communities of color nationwide to confront the vital issues of today and build the social movements of tomorrow. www.communitychange.org
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