[CondoleezzaProtege]

Palin gave us the Tea Party and paved the path for Trump. I didn’t vote for Romney either because of what the Party and his operatives did to her. I sat it out. So glad I did.

It’s my biggest FR trigger: when people insinuate Palin “quit” — No, she was lawfared out of office including by Romney-McCain operatives, but unlike Trump, she had no financial barrier. And zero RNC support. Not to mention a baby with a lifelong disability.

Alaska has thick entrenched interests she spent her initial career ruffling - the oil & gas companies run the show and the Murkowski dynasty caters to them.

The media sabotage was so destructive, even *freepers* bought into the narratives. So relentless, Palin is a shell of her former self.

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The Tea Party movement was popularly launched following a February 19, 2009, call by CNBC reporter Rick Santelli on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for a “tea party”.[26][27] On February 20, 2009, The Nationwide Tea Party Coalition also helped launch the Tea Party movement via a conference call attended by around 50 conservative activists.[28][29] Supporters of the movement subsequently had a major impact on the

[Navy Patriot]

Palin gave us the Tea Party and paved the path for Trump.

That is also absolutely accurate.

[Lakeshark]

Thanks for sticking up for her on this thread. Too many here disparaging her, using leftist talking points too. Embarrassing actually.

She was destroyed by the left (and the RINOs), fought valiantly for the principles Trump now champions, the ones we all love. She simply deserves better.