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Pollute our situation where your racism. what the tea party folks should be saying in response to the naacp is we have actually done that. and in the future, if they're going to people who bring racism, they are not welcome at our rallies. >> mark, i'll give you the last word -- >> -- tea party express did exactly what you're suggesting. we did that at the very twinning. i'm not going to preface everything i say, we're not racist, i don't beat my wife. we are what we are. when these vile people show up, they find out we're not a happy home. >> i'm glad your matured on that. >> -- listening to ...

Condemning what it portrays as rampant racism within the tea party movement. and joining us now cnn contributor roland martin and mark william sas tea ps, a tea express spokesman. a lot of controversy over the naacp decision, and the naacp saying monday, roland, that the tea party movement knows that there are tens of thousands of dedicated racists and ultra-nationalists in their ranks. do you agree, tens of thousands of racists? >> well, first and foremost in how to quantify a particular number, i don't think that you can do that. but we have seen and heard the stories and seen the evidence a...

Heard, and you had congressman karchman, a former police officer from the city of indianapolis who was alongside him who heard the same racial epiteths being called at him, and the point is not is the tea party a racist party, but the resolution says to deal with the racist elements within the party. >> but they say there are tens of thousands of racists within their -- >> that was his speech, but not the resolution. >> that is what the president of the naacp said on monday and let me give mark williams a chance to respond, because this is a hugely serious response, mark. >> well, a mouthful w...

Reality structure of the historic structure of the party. >> well, it is the point, it is a bunch of dusty relics trying to be relevant. well, the tea party is not a organization. there are thousands of small and large groups. it is a movement based on the constitution of the united states. therefore, it is impossible to be a racist and a tea partyier, because the constitution is all about individual rights. civil rights. and what is racist about demanding lower taxes, and less intrusive government and no more bailouts and stop the racist politics? >> well, rowland, before you respond to that,...

Also respond to sarah palin, because she says that the idea that people of the tea party judge people by the color of their skin is false, appalling and is a regressive diversionary tactic to change the subject at hand. >> well, she is not realizing the you've had individuals making comments and having signs. so what she is trying to do, say, no racists at all, as opposed to say, what mark admitted to, there are some folks who showed up who are racist. now, i also see that mark has matured in his view on this. because on this very network, on "a.c. 360" in september 2009 when i asked him speci...