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  • @SCB
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    1 year ago

    Tell that to the Tea Party, the last significant change in voting dynamics we’ve had as a nation, that won almost entirely at the local level and got fucking destroyed on the national stage.

    The Tea Party is what eventually led to the populist surge that backed Trump.

    • @aidanM
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      -21 year ago

      The Tea party movement (which was within the Republican party) was born out of the Reform party and their national fame.

      • @SCB
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        51 year ago

        The Tea Party was born from us electing a black guy who wanted to pass universal health care.

        • @aidanM
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          -71 year ago

          Partially about ACA but also about the forever wars.

          • @SCB
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            1 year ago

            Lol no.

            However, Republicans are divided: 48% approve of Obama’s decision to withdraw all combat forces by the end of 2011 while 47% disapprove. Tea Party Republicans are much less supportive of Obama’s decision than are non-Tea Party Republicans. Just 42% of Republicans and Republican-leaning

            https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2011/11/17/section-4-views-of-iraq/

            • @aidanM
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              01 year ago

              Thanks for sharing!

              • @SCB
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                -11 year ago

                I like to come with receipts.

                • @aidanM
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                  11 year ago

                  You edited 💀

                  I had just replied to “Lol no.”

                  • @SCB
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                    01 year ago

                    Lemmy isn’t as great about server uptime as I’d like. I frequently have to edit links back in to make things show up

                    :(