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I haven't heard a peep from the Tea Party this election cycle. Few years ago we couldn't hear enough of them. There are also tea party chapters all over the country. Haven't they come down on the side of anybody yet? Interestingly, Trump never mentions them either.
I haven't heard a peep from the Tea Party this election cycle. Few years ago we couldn't hear enough of them. There are also tea party chapters all over the country. Haven't they come down on the side of anybody yet? Interestingly, Trump never mentions them either.
Just FYI, the "Tea Party" is not a political party, it is a protest movement. The first few years they held rallies all over the country, as I am sure you recall. By the end of that period, they had moved their operations online, focusing on raising money and putting pressure on Republican politicians to adopt their views.
The "Tea Party" protest movement has been somewhat successful, moving Republican candidates to the right on a number of issues. Also, they have unseated a number of Republican candidates in the Senate and the House, not to mention state offices, where candidates that share their views are now dominant in many states.
However, with Obama sitting in the White House, there is only so much they can do. Until there is a Republican president, most of the progress is likely to continue to be seen at the state level. That being said, expect quite a few primary challenges of Republican Congressmen over the next 6+ months. Some of these folks are going to be sent home for their treachery regarding their votes supporting the recent federal funding bill.
As far as Presidential candidates, once again, the "Tea Party" is a decentralized protest movement, so their really is not a central "Tea Party" endorsement to be had. That being said, I expect the lion's share of Tea Party supporters will be voting for Ted Cruz this time around.
I haven't heard a peep from the Tea Party this election cycle. Few years ago we couldn't hear enough of them. There are also tea party chapters all over the country. Haven't they come down on the side of anybody yet? Interestingly, Trump never mentions them either.
It's not something they all have to announce all the time. Cruz is Tea Party, and Paul is. If you asked Fiorina, and Carson, they'd likely identify with Tea.
Trump has acknowledged he's Tea Party. It's not something they all have to announce all the time.
Cruz is Tea Party, Paul is. If you asked Fiorina, and Carson, they'd likely identify as Tea. It's an alignment.
Trump may have announced that he is "Tea Party," as he would love to have some of these people's support, but he has precisely zero credible associations with the Tea Party to back that claim up.
Trump may have announced that he is "Tea Party," as he would love to have some of these people's support, but he has precisely zero credible associations with the Tea Party to back that claim up.
How so? I hear someone who's spoken his mind on trade, on immigration, on spending, on foreign intervention, on markets, on the Bill of Rights, in ways that would make his candidacy appealing to the Tea Party voter.
I haven't heard a peep from the Tea Party this election cycle. Few years ago we couldn't hear enough of them. There are also tea party chapters all over the country. Haven't they come down on the side of anybody yet? Interestingly, Trump never mentions them either.
How so? I hear someone who's spoken his mind on trade, on immigration, on spending, on foreign intervention, on markets, on the Bill of Rights, in ways that would make his candidacy appealing to the Tea Party voter.
How so? I hear someone who's spoken his mind on trade, on immigration, on spending, on foreign intervention, on markets, on the Bill of Rights, in ways that would make his candidacy appealing to the Tea Party voter.
Is there an actual Tea Party group that Trump has publicly associated with?
If so, do you have any support to back that claim up?
Is there an actual Tea Party group that Trump has publicly associated with?
If so, do you have any support to back that claim up?
Trump has a habit of repeating a line a 1000 time i the knows it works. If the tea party was big on his radar we would hear it. He has a good sense of where the public is. Tea party may still be around but it is not what moves voters in 2016. There are Tea Patriots chapters all over. They don't seem to be vocal this time around. I sense that they don't like Trump.
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