Chris Hayes: Tea Partiers Are ‘One Step Away From Endorsing Cliven Bundy’

‘This guy is in Christine O’Donnell, Joe Miller, Sharron Angle territory’

MSNBC's Hayes Suggests Tea Partiers Are 'One Step Away From Cliven Bundy' (NewsBusters)

MSNBC efforts to link conservatives to Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy continued on Wednesday, May 7, as All In host Chris Hayes suggested that endorsing Tea Party candidates was "basically one step away from endorsing Cliven Bundy."

Hayes began the show by arguing that Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul is better off that North Carolina Senate candidate and Tea Partier Greg Bannon lost the day's GOP primary because now Paul, who previously endorsed Bannon, will not have to answer for the candidate's views that the MSNBC host considers extreme.

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