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Grins

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14. Not tying the Tea Party to the GOP...

Sun Oct 19, 2025, 03:21 PM

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“…the Tea Party…the mistake was not tying them directly back to the Republican Party.”

[Druftglass did!!! Famous for the line: “There is no Tea Party!” And then detailing
their sordid history. Google it and him.

The Tea Party fraud was back then just the most recent incarnation of Republican fantasy fraud to re-image itself. But in reality the same Bible-belted bigoted idiots, racists, anti-government, anti-education clods and jingoists they have always been.
Scratch a MAGA, reveal a Tea bagger.
Scratch a tea-bagger, reveal an “American Firster” (parts I AND II.)
Scratch an American Firster, reveal the Klan.
Scratch a Klansman, reveal a Know-Nothing.

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This is a very important point! llmart Monday #33

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