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WASHINGTON — A Tea Party group called on President Barack Obama to rebuke Teamsters President Jim Hoffa for urging him to use supporters at a Labor Day rally as an army to march and “take out” Tea Partyers, describing the remarks as “a call for violence.”
Obama was not on stage at the Detroit rally when Hoffa made the remarks Monday. The White House declined to comment on the flap.
The chairwoman of the Tea Party Express, Amy Kremer, demanded an immediate apology from Hoffa and urged Obama to rebuke him for “his dangerous comments.”
Teamsters spokeswoman Leigh Strope said in a statement: “Jim Hoffa’s comments today reflect the anger of workers under attack in this country.”
