J.J. Goldberg
March 23, 2010, 12:55am

First Violence in Health-care Backlash: Trashing Office of Jewish Rep (Hey, It's Just Coincidence)

By J.J. Goldberg

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First they went after the blacks.

‘Tea party’ protesters accused of spitting on lawmaker, using racial slurs (Washington Post)

Then they went after the gays.

Tea Partyers Call Frank a ‘Fa**ot’ (The Advocate)

Then they started shouting down pro-life Catholics.

Lawmaker acknowledges shouting out ‘baby-killer’ during Stupak floor speech (The Hill)

Then they trashed the district office of a Red-State Democratic lawmaker, who just happened to be Jewish.

Rep. Giffords’ Tucson office vandalized after health care vote (Arizona Daily Star)

But I’m sure it was just a coincidence.


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