There is no "Tea Party." There is a Republican Party.
When the "Tea Party" rails against "elites," they don't mean the wealthy, they mean the educated. They are not advocates for workers. They are advocates for the ignorant.
On Nov. 8, 1860, the secessionists who published The Charleston Mercury greeted the news of Abraham Lincoln’s election as president with righteous defiance: “The tea has been thrown overboard, the revolution of 1860 has been initiated.”
Source: "Tea-Partying Like It’s 1860" By JOHN J. MILLER - NY Times - November 17, 2010




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