White Democrat Compares Allen West to African Hyena

Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) went on MSNBC's "dog whistle" expert Martin Bashir's show and unleashed an assault on freshman Rep. Allen West (R-FL) that focused exclusively on the unrelated subject of Congressman West's African American heritage. Not only does he refer to the black congressman in terms of the African animal, the hyena, he ties the animal to its depiction in the "Lion King". Both the movie and the play portrayed the hyenas as "jive-talking" (NPR) "gangstas" (Newsweek). If that wasn't enough - yet unnoticed by Bashir who tried to falsely connect Andrew Breitbart to racism in an interview last year - Moran doubled and tripled down on his racist tirade - even challenging the black congressman's black authenticity.