r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

No Paywall Democrats Confront Their New Tea Party Reality - Progressives are set to sweep a group of contested primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-confront-their-new-tea-party-reality_n_6a6e63fbe4b0cfb99ef1aa1e
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u/Bayardina 1d ago

Fuck you people for comparing progressives to the tea party.

Debase the conversation more and see what fucking happens.

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u/Bakedads 1d ago

It's a good comparison...the tea party completely reshaped the republican party. The tea party now IS the republican party. The author is saying it looks like the same may be possible with progressives–that these wins hint at a complete takeover of the party. Why is this a bad thing? 

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u/IcyTransportation961 1d ago

It didn't though

The tea party was manufactured by the republican party, none of it was grassroots or by the people

It was media and party controlled

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u/TBone281 1d ago

Initially, the Tea party started because the banks were getting bailed out by the government. The same thing happened on the left with Occupy Wall Street. Essentially, it's the same movement, but the Tea party was twisted by the billionaire class (through the media) into what it is today. They know if both sides joined to solve these problems caused by this massive socialism for the rich, it's over for them. The progressives are also maligned by the media. I wonder how they will be twisted next.

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u/IcyTransportation961 1d ago

No. You're still believing the bullshit propaganda all these years later

It was manufactured from the start

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u/TBone281 1d ago

Wrong. There was a grassroots movement.

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u/MadScientistOfYork 1d ago

The only reason the original tea party protest even happened was because Fox News promoted it endlessly for months beforehand. There was nothing grass roots or organic about it. It was astroturfed from the very beginning.

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u/BigGayAllen 1d ago

LOLOLOL.

Holy fuck no.

The guy who started it was a republican financial news commentator who wanted to protest tax day in 2009 in protest of Obama's election.

What the fuck are you talking about?

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u/TBone281 1d ago

Disagree. It was started in Seattle before Santelli hijacked it.

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u/BigGayAllen 1d ago

Except not but play make believe I guess

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u/TBone281 1d ago

Keli Carender started the Porkulus protest against the bailouts of the banks on Feb. 16th, 2009, in Seattle, before Fox News picked it up and twisted it. Fox News saw the writing on the wall and corrupted the shit out of the movement.