“The new hire, Samar Ali, is a Tennessee native, Vanderbilt law graduate, a recent White House Fellow, a former associate attorney at Hogan Lovells and has one of the most impressive resumes of international humanitarian service I’ve ever seen.

She’s also Muslim.

As a result, several county Republican groups and a Tea Party group went berserk and began churning out petitions and resolutions calling for Ali to step down and for Haslam to receive “appropriate action.”

Just a quick shout out to the Tea Party in Tennessee because even when the cameras aren’t focused on your delusional group rallies, you still manage to inject a large dose of bigotry into politics. Now go away.

Don’t read the comments.