Minnick rejects Tea Party endorsement

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The only Democrat backed by the Tea Party Express is rejecting the group’s endorsement because they refused to expel an activist who attacked the NAACP.

Rep. Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) sent a letter to the Tea Party Express Monday calling the blog post from activist Mark Williams “reprehensible.”

“Since the Tea Party Express refuses to reject and rebuke Mr. Williams, I have no choice but to decline your endorsement,” Minnick wrote, adding that he hopes the group eventually sees “the error of its ways.”

Williams sparked a furor last week when he posted a “satirical” letter from NAACP head Ben Jealous to President Abraham Lincoln.

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