Joe Kaufman Wins Backing of Prominent Conservative

Niger Innis -- the son of Roy Innis, the president of the Congress of Racial Equality, and a spokesman for the group -- announced over the weekend that he is backing Joe Kaufman for the Republican nomination to take on U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., in November. Wasserman Schultz is chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.

Ive known Joe Kaufman for many, many years, going way back when to the days of [TV talk show host] Morton Downey Jr., when my father Roy Innis was tussling with Al Sharpton. And I cant think of any better gift that New York can give to southern Florida than for Joe Kaufman to defeat Debbie Wasserman Schultz and give her this pink slip," said Innis, who has emerged as a national pundit. So Im endorsing Joe Kaufman, and I hope you come out and support him in November.