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JHB

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4. "Divisions in the Republican Party" is not what spawned the Tea Party movement

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2020, 03:32 PM

Jul 2020

It was foaming hatred of the black guy who'd been elected president and a need to pretend they never heard of George W. Bush.

Everything else was just an excuse to spray bile around. However, several people rode the bile into office, where they have served ideological patrons more than their constituents.

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