Dem Rep Compares Tea Party To KKK In Fundraising Email (PHOTO)

Wearing a tie with red, white and blue peace symbols, Rep. Alan Grayson, R-Fla., arrives to join lawmakers and national security officials at the Capitol for a closed-door briefing on the situation in Syria, in Washi... Wearing a tie with red, white and blue peace symbols, Rep. Alan Grayson, R-Fla., arrives to join lawmakers and national security officials at the Capitol for a closed-door briefing on the situation in Syria, in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. MORE LESS
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Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) sent an email to supporters Monday depicting a burning cross as the letter “T” in “Tea Party,” arguing the party is “no more popular than the KKK.”

The email features an exchange from Grayson’s appearance on “PoliticsNation” following the re-opening of the federal government, in which the congressman tells MSNBC’s Al Sharpton that the Republican Party has “become that largest suicide pact in history” and asserts the GOP wants “to bring about the End of Days.”

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) similarly claimed that the “end times” were nigh earlier this month.

View the email below, courtesy of Dave Levinthal:

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