Dem Congressman Says Some GOP Congressmen "Would Love to See" Black People "Hanging on a Tree"

How are national Democrats living up to President Obama's call for civility in politics? 

Politico reports: 

A top lawmaker in the Congressional Black Caucus says tea partiers on Capitol Hill would like to see African Americans hanging from trees and accuses the movement of wishing for a return to the Jim Crow era.

Rep. Andre Carson, a Democrat from Indiana who serves as the CBC’s chief vote counter, said at a CBC event in Miami that some in Congress would “love to see us as second-class citizens” and “some of them in Congress right now of this tea party movement would love to see you and me…hanging on a tree.”

Carson also said the tea party is stopping change in Congress, likening it to “the effort that we’re seeing of Jim Crow.”

The explosive comments, caught on tape, were uploaded on the internet Tuesday, and Carson’s office stood by the remarks.

DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said earlier this year that Republicans "literally" want to bring back Jim Crow. Without apologizing, she later said that was the "wrong analogy" to use.