Yesterday's Tea Party protest on Capitol Hill turned into the ugly bigotry and intimidation that the Tea Party is becoming known for.

Civil rights Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and fellow Congressional Black Caucus member Andre Carson (D-IN) related how a large crowd of protesters screamed at them "kill the bill"... and punctuated their chants with the word "n!@@#r." That wasn't the only incident of the day.  As Barney Frank rounded the corner toward the exit, wading through a huge crowd of tea partiers and other health care protesters, an elderly white man screamed "Barney you f@**%t", causing dozens in the crowd to erupt in laughter.

How many "isolated" incidents will it take before the Tea Party will have the conviction to police their own? Republican leaders and Tea Party officials publicly denounce the behavior, but this is a recurring theme. The picture for this iReport was taken at a Tea Party that I personally attended, and there was the shouting of "kill him!" (referring to President Obama) during another Tea Party rally. Denying the extensive existence of bigotry among the Tea Party can only be done by those who are secretly bigots themselves.

If the Tea Party was truly opposed to the hate being spewed at their rallies then they would do something to stop it. Instead their silence speaks volumes. "I agree" their lack of protest declares.