The NAACP revoked an invitation to Florida Rep. Allen West to keynote an event over remarks he made accusing members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus of being communists, reports the TCPalm.
West’s local NAACP chapter had invited the congressman to give the keynote speech at its annual fundraiser, the Freedom Fund Banquet. But four days before the event, the NAACP postponed the event and asked West not to attend the rescheduled event set for Sept. 15.
NAACP Martin County chapter president Jerry Gore said the group revoked his invitation over allegations that some of his Democratic colleagues were communists. “There’s a certain statement he made about communists,” Gore said,”That statement alone … we do not represent that type of atmosphere.”
