Grayson’s Folly: What the Tea Party and the KKK Have in Common

A Florida Democrat is under fire for comparing the Tea Party movement to the KKK in an email blast. That’s wrong, writes Jamelle Bouie—but the groups aren’t entirely unrelated.

Jamelle Bouie

Published Oct. 23 2013 3:05PM EDT 

Jamelle Bouie

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