Tea Party Labels John McCain An ‘Illegal Immigrant’

On Tuesday, a Tea Party website put out an article that labeled Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) an “illegal immigrant” because he had sneaked into Syria to visit rebels fighting against the Bashar al-Assad regime. Although the White House was aware of McCain’s Syrian visit, the article indicated that his visit is virtually the same as undocumented immigration. The Party also noted that McCain’s humanitarian support for rebels could be attributed to his lack of intelligence, and Democratic turnout for his unsurprising win in the Arizona Senate race. The characterization of McCain is just one incident in a long series of Tea Party movements to unjustifiably incite hatred against undocumented immigrants.