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via Huffington Post

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) had someharsh words for the Tea Party at a forum in Inglewood, California Saturday.

With California’s jobless rate now 12 percent, the second-highest rate of unemployment in the nation after Nevada, talk about jobs, the economy and the partisan squabbling in Congress dominated the “Kitchen Table Summit.”

“I’m not afraid of anybody,” Waters told the crowd. “This is a tough game. You can’t be intimidated. You can’t be frightened. And as far as I’m concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to hell.”

Waters has been outspoken on the topic of the unemployment crisis facing African-Americans.

Last week, she blasted Obama for ignoring the black community during his bus tour through the midwest.

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Article courtesy huffingtonpost.com