OK I know I'm not the only one to see this, but it seems to have slipped through the cracks (or I'm sure you'll let me know if it hasn't). There was a great video posted of the spitting incident:
Rep. Cleaver Being Spit On
The thing is, if you wait until about 3:20, after the spitting incident, you see very clearly a white power flag being paraded through the crowd, apparently with no one complaining at all. I guess to Michelle Bachman that's not threatening, but to me it is:
Did everyone see this already? If you watch the video, you see the flag paraded straight through the crowd. Is there video of these guys being harassed or asked to leave? This is a fringe element of the Tea Party, right, so surely they weren't allowed to just march a white power flag through a gathering of Tea Baggers protesting in front of the US Capitol uncontested, right? Am I crazy?
I hate to keep bringing the racial hatred thing up, because I don't want it to appear like the political opponents of the Tea Party are "playing the race card". However, this seems difficult to construe as "MSM bias" because the picture doesn't lie. There are a whole host of white people shouting and spitting, and when they're done someone marches a white power flag through their midst.
I hope, sincerely, that video comes out showing these white supremacists being lambasted by tea baggers. Really, even if it gets 24-7 Fox coverage, it'll be good for the country. Sadly I doubt any such footage exists. Prove me wrong.
UPDATE: many are wondering if this is the TN state flag. It doesn't look like it to me but perhaps that's what it is. Take a look at the video. I wish there was some other source, if you have one please post. Thanks!
UPDATE 2: This is the flag I think it is: Hate Symbols
Thanks Temmoku!
UPDATE 3: Wow Kossacks to the rescue. Thanks to all the people explaining their view. I think after looking at both the TN flag and the image that this is the TN flag, you just have to invert what you're focusing on. I mean that the stars are what looked to me like the white in the white power flag, and what looked like the black parts are actually the blue. I'm sincerely grateful to you guys for clearing that up, that's not snark I promise! I was so amazed that people could parade around with that, thankfully it seems they weren't. Many thanks!