[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 146 (Tuesday, October 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H6600]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         CONFEDERATE FLAG RALLY

  (Mr. SWALWELL of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, this shutdown is shining a 
light and showing the world some of the extreme members of the Tea 
Party. This weekend, Tea Party Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee led a 
rally on the National Mall where one of their speakers, Freedom Watch 
founder Larry Klayman, called on President Obama to ``leave town, put 
the Quran down, and come out with your hands up.''
  The rally moved to the White House where Tea Partyers waved the 
Confederate flag in front of the President's home. The picture is 
unnerving; it is despicable; and it is not the same flag that we just 
pledged allegiance to in this House. It does not depict an America 
whose seal reads: ``E Pluribus Unum''--``Out of many, one.''
  To date, neither Senator nor any member of the Tea Party Caucus in 
this House has publicly denounced these ugly, disgusting comments 
toward our President. I respectfully ask my friends across the aisle to 
do so.
  We may disagree on many things in this Chamber, but I sincerely 
believe that no one in the Tea Party Caucus believes that this display 
outside the President's house is acceptable. Condemn this behavior. If 
you don't and you let it go, you are condoning it.
  ``Out of many, one''--``E Pluribus Unum.'' As one America, let's 
denounce this. It is time to come together.

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