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leftyladyfrommo

(18,870 posts) Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:30 PM Jul 2016

What happened to the tea party?

They seem to have disappeared.

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What happened to the tea party? (Original Post) leftyladyfrommo Jul 2016 OP

Morphed into present day GOP/trump party.... beachbumbob Jul 2016 #1

THIS ^^^^^^ radical noodle Jul 2016 #2

They're now the "T" party (nt) LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #3

There was no Tea Party JHB Jul 2016 #4

It was a scam... Blanks Jul 2016 #5

They are hiding behind Trump! imanamerican63 Jul 2016 #6

There was never any such thing. These assholes were just louder Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2016 #7

Actually, I think I found evidence they morphed into the Mad Dog 20/20 Party Siwsan Jul 2016 #8

Our worst fears are realized. Blue Idaho Jul 2016 #9

What happened to them?? They just elected Trump as their sufrommich Jul 2016 #10

The were old. They passed on to the Great Teapot in the clouds. nt procon Jul 2016 #11

They became the Trump Party. backscatter712 Jul 2016 #12

They still exist; they're just not in the national news like they were before... DonViejo Jul 2016 #13

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)

1. Morphed into present day GOP/trump party....

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:31 PM

Jul 2016

radical noodle

(8,013 posts)

2. THIS ^^^^^^

Reply to beachbumbob (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:32 PM

Jul 2016

LongtimeAZDem

(4,494 posts)

3. They're now the "T" party (nt)

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Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:33 PM

Jul 2016

JHB

(37,161 posts)

4. There was no Tea Party

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:33 PM

Jul 2016

There was only the Republican base trying to pretend they weren't the Party of Losers

Blanks

(4,835 posts)

5. It was a scam...

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:34 PM

Jul 2016

Just like the 'Contract With America'.

imanamerican63

(13,812 posts)

6. They are hiding behind Trump!

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:34 PM

Jul 2016

Palin can't wait for her buddy to get into office!

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,505 posts)

7. There was never any such thing. These assholes were just louder

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:36 PM

Jul 2016

than the average republican idiot so they got more attention. They were always republicans wanting to change the conversation from Jr and Cheney's disaster.

Siwsan

(26,289 posts)

8. Actually, I think I found evidence they morphed into the Mad Dog 20/20 Party

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Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:38 PM

Jul 2016

Blue Idaho

(5,057 posts)

9. Our worst fears are realized.

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:38 PM

Jul 2016

The Tea Party has been unmasked and it is what we always thought it was. Old, angry, sexist, racist white people. Now Trump just calls them his "base."

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)

10. What happened to them?? They just elected Trump as their

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:40 PM

Jul 2016

standard bearer.

procon

(15,805 posts)

11. The were old. They passed on to the Great Teapot in the clouds. nt

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Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:51 PM

Jul 2016

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

12. They became the Trump Party.

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 12:55 PM

Jul 2016

That and the Koch brothers don't like Trump, so they're taking their moneyball and staying home.

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)

13. They still exist; they're just not in the national news like they were before...

Reply to leftyladyfrommo (Original post)

Sun Jul 31, 2016, 01:01 PM

Jul 2016

List of politicians affiliated with the Tea Party movement
This page was last modified on 28 July 2016, at 06:44.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_politicians_affiliated_with_the_Tea_Party_movement

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