Rep. Maxine Waters told a group of unemployed at a town hall in California that the “Tea Party can go straight to hell.”

What a disgusting thing to say.

The Tea Party has been called terrorists, racists, homophobes, etc., yet they are the ones keeping the conversation and debate going. If you are a tea partier, wear it with a badge of pride… I do.

LA Times reported:

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) came out swinging against Republicans in Congress on Saturday as she addressed the unemployed during a forum in Inglewood.

The event occurred a day after new statistics were released showing that California’s jobless rate last month went up to 12%, from 11.8%. California now has the second-highest rate of unemployment in the nation, trailing only Nevada at 12.9%, and its jobless rate is well above the U.S. average of 9.1%.

Waters vowed to push Congress to focus on creating more jobs. “I’m not afraid of anybody,” said Waters. “This is a tough game. You can’t be intimidated. You can’t be frightened. And as far as I’m concerned, the ‘tea party’ can go straight to hell.”