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23/08/2012
President Vs Tea Party Clip Goes Viral
A clip of President Michael D Higgins slamming the USA's Tea Party movement on a radio talk show has become an online hit.
The clip has had hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube in the last 24 hours, despite being more than two years old.
In it, President Higgins debates the Tea Party with conservative chat show host on Newstalk.
He said: "The tactic is to get a large crowd, to whip them up, try and discover what is the greatest fear, work on that and feed it right back and you get a frenzy.
"This tea party ignorance that is being brought all around the United States is regularly insulting people who have been democratically elected.
The controversial radio host responded: "Deputy Higgins, I'm not going to insult you by bringing up your lack of knowledge on the tea party movement in the United States."
However the then Labour spokesperson on foreign affairs continued: "You have the neck to say that people like me... are somehow in favour of murdering Jewish people - that is an outrageous statement. I wish you well, keep drinking Guinness and keep ranting away."
He concluded by telling the radio host: "Be proud to be a decent American, rather than just a w**ker whipping up fear."
(NE)
The clip has had hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube in the last 24 hours, despite being more than two years old.
In it, President Higgins debates the Tea Party with conservative chat show host on Newstalk.
He said: "The tactic is to get a large crowd, to whip them up, try and discover what is the greatest fear, work on that and feed it right back and you get a frenzy.
"This tea party ignorance that is being brought all around the United States is regularly insulting people who have been democratically elected.
The controversial radio host responded: "Deputy Higgins, I'm not going to insult you by bringing up your lack of knowledge on the tea party movement in the United States."
However the then Labour spokesperson on foreign affairs continued: "You have the neck to say that people like me... are somehow in favour of murdering Jewish people - that is an outrageous statement. I wish you well, keep drinking Guinness and keep ranting away."
He concluded by telling the radio host: "Be proud to be a decent American, rather than just a w**ker whipping up fear."
(NE)
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