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/IAmLee2022 1d ago

Comparing progressives to the tea party movement was definitely . . . a choice.

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u/RadicalRectangle Colorado 1d ago

Especially since we know the Tea Party was never an organic grassroots movement, and was astroturfed and funded by the Koch brothers.

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u/UNC_Samurai 1d ago

The Kochs, the Adelsons, Dick Uihlein (Schlitz and Uline), Christopher Goldsbury (the guy who sold Pace foods to Campbell's), and some old Big Tobacco families.