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Walsh in hot water for Schaumburg town hall comments about blacks, Hispanics

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Congressman Joe Walsh meets with his constituents at a town-hall meeting in Barrington at the Garlands earlier this year. Walsh has come under fire for recent comments he made at a Schaumburg town hall last week, that blacks and Hispanics were dependent on government. Walsh says the comments were not about race but a "shot" at the Democratic Party.

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Congressman Joe Walsh is under fire for comments he made at a Schaumburg town hall that critics construe as racist. But he disagrees and is not backing away from them. “The Democratic Party promises groups of people everything,” the McHenry Tea Partyer said. “They want the Hispanic vote. They want Hispanics to be dependent on government, just like they got African Americans dependent on government."