Schieffer Blames Tea Party for "Nasty" Health Care Debate

Rich Noyes | February 19, 2011
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On the March 21 Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer tarred the Tea Party as making a "rancorous and mean" debate over ObamaCare "even nastier." Schieffer promoted unproved allegations that Tea Party protesters "hurled racial epithets" and "spit on" lawmakers the day of the health care vote.