The Central Florida Tea Party Council, a coalition of local tea party leaders, scheduled a press conference today to call on Peg Dunmire, the Florida TEA Party political party candidate, to step out of the district 8 race.  (See Press Release Below)

Based on the recent revelations of financial ties between Democrat Alan Grayson and Doug Guetzloe, the CFTP Council questions the legitamcy of the Florida TEA Party and called upon the character and integrit of Dunmire to step aside.

Amazingly, the leadership of the Florida TEA Party, Fred O”Neal, political consultant Doug Guetzloe and Peg Dunmire showed up unannounced in a desperate attempt to sidetrack this message.  Guetzloe, in particular, stalked the location selected for the press conference, the Orange County Supervisor of Elections  Office, verbally challenging every tea party activist he could find.

Making outrageous accusations and very insulting remarks which included calling several female tea party activists “bimbo’s” and and mocking an tea party activist who happens to be an amputee by saying “I would shake your hand, if you had any.”

We have a short video showing Guetzloe aggressively responding to Local 6 reporter Tony Pipitone, and take note of the FTP minion wearing a t-shirt with the party logo on it making every effort to interfere with the interview.  This is but a small indication of the raucous atmosphere that was created by the so called ‘leaders’ of the Florida TEA Party.