Actor Morgan Freeman smears Tea Party as racist in CNN interview

The baseless smears against the Tea Party continues.

In an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, actor Morgan Freeman falsely claims the Tea Party is racist.

Politico reports:

During an interview that airs Friday, CNN’s Piers Morgan asked the actor, "Has Obama helped the process of eradicating racism or has it, in a strange way, made it worse?”

“Made it worse. Made it worse,” the actor replied.

“The tea partiers who are controlling the Republican party...their stated policy, publicly stated, is to do whatever it takes to see to it that Obama only serves one term. What underlines that? Screw the country, we're going to do whatever we can to get this black man out of here," Freeman added.

Translation:  Opposition to Obama has nothing to do with failed socialist policies that have driven America to the brink of economic ruin, seen the country's credit rating downgraded and given the nation an unemployment rate nearly twice that of Mexico - it has to do with the color of the man's skin.

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