The Tea Party Just Turned 5 — and, Unfortunately, It’s Not Going Away
The Tea Party Just Turned Five — and It’s Not Going Away (via Moyers & Company) Some date the advent of the tea party to 2007, when then-presidential candidate Ron Paul held a “tax day tea party” fundraiser to fill his campaign coffers. But the broader movement began five years ago last week — shortly […]
Some date the advent of the tea party to 2007, when then-presidential candidate Ron Paul held a “tax day tea party” fundraiser to fill his campaign coffers. But the broader movement began five years ago last week — shortly after Barack Obama was…
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