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John1956PA

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20. At first, GOP pundit George Will was duped into believing the Tea Party was noble.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:58 AM

Oct 23

After Trump took over the Republican Party, George Will left it and became a non-affiliated registered voter. He is up in age now, and is essentially retired from punditry. Or, he is afraid to speak out against Trump.

I never cared for Geirge Will. I do not know if he was compensated for his early support of the Tea Party, or if he genuinely believed that its ascent in popularity was beneficial to the political discourse. All of us here on DU who remember the Tea Party craze from twenty to thirty years ago recognized its danger to our country.

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Shocking! Study Shows Tea Party Was Decades In The Making, A Creature Of The Tobacco Industry & The Koch Brothers [View all] hatrack Oct 23 OP

The tea party was so obviously not grassroots UpInArms Oct 23 #1

Yup lonely bird Oct 23 #5

And we had no long term planning to deal with it? bucolic_frolic Oct 23 #2

As often said, the dems are always three steps behind Gum Logger Oct 23 #17

Of course, it was the same folks who put Ronald Reagan in the White House FakeNoose Oct 23 #3

Every accusation is an admission underpants Oct 23 #4

Talk is cheap. Show proof Gum Logger Oct 23 #18

Well . . . AverageOldGuy Oct 23 #6

well no duh. Javaman Oct 23 #7

Again mercuryblues Oct 23 #8

Birchers are very close-knit and secretive bucolic_frolic Oct 23 #10

Yup. Not surprised. mwmisses4289 Oct 23 #9

Think I read a book somewhere that Big Oil was an early contributor. NoMoreRepugs Oct 23 #11

Watergate never really ended. They have been constantly scheming since then. hadEnuf Oct 23 #12

Seems to me the "tea party" was rather useless Farmer-Rick Oct 23 #13

I would tend to disagree. It was a powerful movement to the extreme right that destroyed whatever centrists were left Martin68 Oct 23 #15

Not shocking at all. It was obvious tea baggers were manipulated by big money conservatives. Martin68 Oct 23 #14

NSS. But nice to have it confirmed. niyad Oct 23 #16

Cool hats. multigraincracker Oct 23 #19

At first, GOP pundit George Will was duped into believing the Tea Party was noble. John1956PA Oct 23 #20