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Who started (or inspired) the Tea Party Movement
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Anonymous 4w

Rich people mostly

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Anonymous replying to -> mushy.the.mushroom 4w

Who in particular was it Sarah Palin or someone similar?

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Anonymous replying to -> mushy.the.mushroom 4w

There’s a whole family guy episode about it that’s a weirdly well executed critique of the tea party. Think of them as proto maga. An American billionaire backed right wing pseudo libertarian (tacitly fascist) populist movement.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

Oh idk

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

Probably not palin. Idk who actually like, started it started it tho. Idk who coined the name or whatever

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Anonymous replying to -> mushy.the.mushroom 4w

I’m not saying Palin started it I’m saying that she maybe inspired it

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

Maybe idk

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

When John McCain selected Palin as his running mate back in 2009, she was an outsider candidate and had more aggressive stances on social issues like abortion which set her apart from George W. Bush who was more moderate on those issues and gave McCain a boost as social conservatives were skeptical about him.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

It’s the opposite. She was inspired by the tea party, not inspired it.

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Anonymous replying to -> __joker__ 4w

No the tea party wasn’t in full swing until late 2009/ early 2010. Palin was selected as a running mate in September 2008

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

Yea party was 2007

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Anonymous replying to -> __joker__ 4w

What inspired the movement do you think?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 4w

Libertarians and right-wing populists. It essentially was the proto-MAGA.

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