Congresswoman calls Tea Party racist over Pledge of Allegiance video

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) is upset that a video was posted of her leading the Pledge of Allegiance omitting the phrase "under God".

So upset was the Congresswoman that she issued a press release calling the Tea Party racist over the incident.

Understand - if you are a member of the Tea Party, or participate in Tea Party events, you are a racist because she omitted the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance several years ago.

Makes sense, right?

In her press release, she writes:

St. Paul, MN — Congresswoman Betty McCollum honors and respects the Pledge of Allegiance and believes the United States is one Nation under God. She has led the Pledge of Allegiance on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives numerous times as can be seen in these video links.

Conservatives are using an eight year old video clip to incite hate, racism, and intolerance among Tea Party Republicans. This right-wing effort to call into question Congresswoman McCollum’s Christian faith, her belief in God, and her patriotism is blatantly anti-American and all too similar to the extremists who earlier this year mailed a soiled American flag to her Congressional office and threatened the Congresswoman with violence.

Congresswoman McCollum rejects this radical agenda and condemns the extremist tactics behind this poisonous political exploitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.

According to NorCalBlogs, the story does not end there.

It seems that at least one staffer has been using a computer from within the halls of Congress to post responses to blogs in an effort to defend the Congresswoman.

Then today I was given some information about a certain individual who has been making the rounds on the internet and spamming the blogs that have carried the video and written about Betty's disrespect for the pledge. This individual is using the name MN04, but the email address is ( District4.Minnesota@mail.house.gov ) a government address. So now we have a United States Congresswoman's campaign staff using official government equipment to attack citizens while doing damage control. Below is the comment that has been left on thousands of sites that posted the video of her disrespecting the Pledge of Allegiance on the floor of the Peoples House.

"Congresswoman McCollum has led the Pledge of Allegiance on the House floor several times before. Check out http://mccollum.house.gov/pledge. It's all there."

The author of the blog posted the IP address of the machine in question and noted it was a machine within the Congresswoman's office.

Among those spammed is Minneapolis Conservative Examiner Bill Flatley.  Appearing on this article, one finds the following comment:

Congresswoman McCollum has led the Pledge of Allegiance on the House floor several times before. Check out http://mccollum.house.gov/pledge. It’s all there.

The comment was written by a user called MN04.

McCollum recently drew attention when she claimed that Al Qaeda no longer poses any threat to the United States, even though ABC News says the terror group is an even bigger problem now than before.

But apparently, she thinks you're a radical, racist, un-American bigot if you agree with the Tea Party instead of her.