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7. The "grass roots" tea party was organized by a long time republican operative and by the use of ....

Reply to Miigwech (Original post)

Fri Jun 14, 2019, 08:23 PM

Jun 2019

.... money from the Koch Brothers and ALEC and it found fertile ground in millions of
Americans that were pissed off now that a black man was President and overtime it has
morphed into "the Freedom Caucus." The deficit was just a convenient talking point
because they could say a n****r is President.

Now you might have everyday dumb fuck Americans in it but it was in no way an organic
grass roots movement.

Many of the Tea Party/Freedom Caucus types live in "a Fox News bubble," and have
little connection to reality .... did you know that Hillary had somebody murdered to
cover up Bill Clinton's cocaine ring?

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Where is the Tea party now that their party [View all] Miigwech Jun 2019 OP

the tea party is in control. i'd say its gone very well for them Kurt V. Jun 2019 #1

Dem's need to be jumping on this Miigwech Jun 2019 #8

The whole deficit-hate GOP was a lie-- dawg day Jun 2019 #2

And in 2021, as the democratic President is facing an enormous deficit and debt, Blue_true Jun 2019 #13

And then blame us for their mess when we try to solve the problem they created. Volaris Jun 2019 #15

The Tea Party is the Trump Party now, the hell with deficits. nt doc03 Jun 2019 #3

tea party has always been about white nationalism AlexSFCA Jun 2019 #4

Bingo. nt Blue_true Jun 2019 #14

Deficits enid602 Jun 2019 #5

Deficits don't matter when a Repig is in the saddle, don'tchaknow. sandensea Jun 2019 #6

The "grass roots" tea party was organized by a long time republican operative and by the use of .... Botany Jun 2019 #7

And Hillary supposedly ran a child trafficking ring in the basement of a pizza parlor that did not h keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #16

Teabagging! Where else would they be, at a Trump Cabinet circle-jerk meeting? TheBlackAdder Jun 2019 #9

The names may change, but it's usually the same suspects sop Jun 2019 #10

They were phonies to begin with. nt Blue_true Jun 2019 #11

It's amazing how quickly Astroturf blows away! struggle4progress Jun 2019 #12

Even after many billions of dollars in new Trump taxes called tariffs. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #17