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Stranger e-mail her taunting her about her comments. she says she alerted the usda and was told someone would look into it, but then she says she never heard another word about it until monday, when the usda, she says, called her at least three times pressuring her to resign claiming the white house wanted her out. so at around 6:00 p.m. monday, sherrod pulls over to the side of the road and e-mails her resignation. conservative talkers unaware she's resigned sound the alarm. about 8:00 p.m. monday, fox news channel airs the video. >> wow. well, that is simply unacceptable, and ms. sherrod mus...

Sherrod pulls over to the side of the road and e-mails her resignation. conservative talkers unaware she's resigned sound the alarm. about 8:00 p.m. monday, fox news channel airs the video. >> wow. well, that is simply unacceptable, and ms. sherrod must resign immediately. >> reporter: late monday, secretary tom vilsack accepts sherrod's resignation and issues a statement saying "there is zero tolerance for discrimination at usda." the naacp backs vilsack, and at midnight issues a press release blasting sherrod claiming, it's appalled by her actions. this, even though the speech was given at a...

The naacp backs vilsack, and at midnight issue as press release blasting sherrod claiming, it's appalled by her actions. this, even though the speech was given at an naacp event. no one at the organization had clearly bothered to learn more about what was said. it wasn't until early the next morning we learned this portion of the tape was only a snippet of the full 43-minute speech. sherrod told cnn's "american morning" -- >> the stuff that the tea party does is scaring the administration. i told -- i told them, get the whole tape and look at the whole tape, and look at how i tell people, we h...

Into it. then she says she never heard another word about it until monday when the usda, she says, called her at least three times, pressuring her to resign, claiming the white house wanted her out. at around 6:00 pm monday, sherrod pulls over to the side of the road and e-mails her resignation. conservative talkers unaware she's resigned sound the alarm. about 8:00 pm monday, fox news channel airs the video. >> wow! well, that is simply unacceptable. and miss sherrod must resign immediately. >> reporter: late monday, secretary tom vilsack accepts sherrod's resignation and issues a statement s...

Is zero tolerance for discrimination at usda. the naacp backs vilsack and at midnight issues a press release, blasting sherrod, claiming it's appalled by her actions. this, even though the speech was given at an naacp event. no one at the organization had clearly bothered to learn more about what was said. it wasn't until early the next morning we learned this portion of the tape was only a snippet of the full 43-minute speech. sherrod told cnn's "american morning" -- >> the stuff that fox and the tea party does is scaring the administration. i told them, get the whole tape and look at the who...