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Tea Party 2.Derp

Tea Party 2.Derp

Like most sequels to bad movies, this one is somehow even dumber than the original.

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Apr 21, 2020
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by Justin Rosario

The Tea Party used to be the greatest political con job in American history. Except it wasn’t really a con job because everyone knew it was utter nonsense. Tea Partiers were not “Independents” or “Constitutional Conservatives”. They were embarrassed Republicans who could not take responsibility for George W. Bush’s catastrophic leadersh…

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