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The NAACP pulled its punch and did not flatly condemn the tea party as racist. The resolution it proposed at its national convention condemned what it called “racist elements” in the party. This was both a tactful and crucial distinction that the NAACP was right to make. Tea party leaders though incensed at the NAACP for calling the party out on racism admitted that some of those who have turned up at tea party events have spouted racist slurs. The leaders also say that they have denounced them.