Apparently Rangel missed Wasserman Schultz’s call for civility in political discourse.

Via WaPo:

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday compared House Republicans to the Confederates, saying their goal is to “bring down the government.”

“This is all about a handful of people who got elected as Republicans that want to bring down our government,” Rangel said. “You can see it in the streets. You can see where they’re coming from. The same way they fought as Confederates, they want to bring down the government and reform it.”

Update: Yeah, it’s that ridiculous.

(Mediaite) – CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield ripped into and laughed at Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) in an interview on Tuesday morning after he responded to a House proposal to open the government and raise the debt ceiling in exchange for changes to the Affordable Care Act by linking the GOP in Congress to the Confederacy. Rangel added that Republicans are overtly attempting to overthrow the government of the United States of America. […]

“The same way they fought as Confederates, they want to bring down the government and reform it,” he added.

“Whoa,” Banfield interjected. “I’m sorry. Are you likening — and I’m only assuming that you’re referring to the tea party members who are pretty intransigent on their views — are you liking them to Confederates?

“Well, I can tell you this, if you look at the states that they control, take a look at the Dixiecrats, see how they went over to the Republican Party,” Rangel replied.

“Michele Bachmann is not from Dixie,” Banfield interrupted. “What are you talking about?”

Video H/T NRO