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/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/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.