Were Rep. Steve Israel's comments about Republicans over the line?

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Without allegations of racism and sexism, Democrats have nothing. Rep. Israel is a bigot by necessity, and another Democrat yankee from an all-white liberal paradise, who thinks integration is segregated neighborhoods within a major city. Northeastern Democrats have no understanding of what it means to live in a racially diverse state where minorities wield electoral power. They are not victims, they are equals. Ideological competition and criticism is not harmful or bigoted between cultures.

I suppose his remarks are only noteworthy, now that he has been put in the 3rd district, which isn't as solidly Democratic as the 2nd District.