NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Republican state Rep. Richard Floyd of Chattanooga in an e-mail calls President Barack Obama and his administration a "socialist leader ... and his gang of thugs."
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that in the e-mail sent to supporters from his personal account, Floyd referred to two antigun bills purportedly being considered by Congress.
But records show one of the bills has only one sponsor in the 435-member House and appears stuck in committee. The other failed in 2000 and has been dismissed by t he National Rifle Association as "recycling an old alert, which wasn't even very accurate when it was new."
Floyd acknowledged to the paper that he did not research the legislation, but stood by his characterization of Obama. He singled out chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and Attorney General Eric Holder as being "thugs."
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Information from: Chattanooga Times Free Press, http://www.timesfreepress.com
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