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Tea Party Express Co-Founder Backs Immigration Overhaul Efforts
Roll Call ^ | 05142014 | Roll Call

Posted on 05/14/2014 4:20:43 PM PDT by chicagolady

The co-founder of and chief strategist for one of the biggest tea party organizations is coming out in support of overhauling the nation’s immigration laws, a bold statement that could energize advocates and alienate conservatives.

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Sal Russo of the Tea Party Express broke the news in op ed
1 posted on 05/14/2014 4:20:43 PM PDT by chicagolady
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To: chicagolady

Well, Sal Russo and the Tea Party Express have been paid off. They’re dead to me now.


2 posted on 05/14/2014 4:23:18 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: chicagolady

There’s nothing to overhaul. Enforce existing laws and militarize the Southern border.


3 posted on 05/14/2014 4:23:20 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (100% pure organic, free-range conservative)
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To: chicagolady

OMG. Laura Ingraham is going to have a baby over this.


4 posted on 05/14/2014 4:24:29 PM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: chicagolady

I’ve long been wary of most of the so-called tea party groups, but the “Tea Party Express,” under Amy Kremer, was one I actually had a bit of confidence in. No more. From here on out, the letters from them go right into the garbage can, unopened.


5 posted on 05/14/2014 4:25:42 PM PDT by greene66
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To: House Atreides

That’s why I’ve deliberately avoided joining any official groups.


6 posted on 05/14/2014 4:26:16 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy

EVERYONE IS BEING BOUGHT OFF TO DESTROY AMERICA AND AMERICAN WORKERS!


7 posted on 05/14/2014 4:26:28 PM PDT by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty and Let the the Stupid AmericanTaxpayer foot the bill !)
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To: chicagolady

Suborned. Scum.


8 posted on 05/14/2014 4:26:52 PM PDT by Ray76 (True change requires true change - A Second Party)
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To: Ray76

We need a TAXPAYERS PARTY!!


9 posted on 05/14/2014 4:28:18 PM PDT by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty and Let the the Stupid AmericanTaxpayer foot the bill !)
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To: greene66

The modern “Tea Party” was actually started by pro-amnesty groups — whether you credit Ron Paul’s or Koch bros’ groups. Social conservatism was not the priority.


10 posted on 05/14/2014 4:30:00 PM PDT by sagar
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Since Obummer/Holder won’t do that what is your next proposal which can actually work?

Is Obummer doing something illegal? If yes, GOP needs to bring articles of impeachment. If it is Obummer’s prerogative to enforce laws, then it is not illegal and then it follows current immigration laws are in-operative.


11 posted on 05/14/2014 4:30:46 PM PDT by entropy12 (I am sick of people who think Obama is no worse than Romney, as bad as Mitt was.)
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To: sagar

The TEA Party was not started by libertarians, they simply tried to hijack it


12 posted on 05/14/2014 4:31:48 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: sagar

Wrong! Tea Party’s foremost objective is a smaller government and reducing spending and paying off national debt. Nothing to do directly with immigration laws or abortion laws.


13 posted on 05/14/2014 4:32:50 PM PDT by entropy12 (I am sick of people who think Obama is no worse than Romney, as bad as Mitt was.)
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To: chicagolady
This guy was a plant from the beginning.

Apparently Illegal Amnesty is the big deal, the one that breaks America. That's why the mole came out now.

14 posted on 05/14/2014 4:33:37 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: chicagolady

“The Tea Party Express, a PAC run out of Sacramento by longtime Republican consultant Sal Russo, has paid Russo’s firm $2.75 million since the beginning of 2013, while donating just $45,000 to candidates and spending less than $162,000 on ads and bus tours supporting their election...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tea-party-pacs-reap-money-for-midterms-but-spend-little-on-candidates/2014/04/26/0e52919a-cbd6-11e3-a75e-463587891b57_story.html?hpid=z1


15 posted on 05/14/2014 4:34:32 PM PDT by research99
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To: cripplecreek

That’s why I’ve deliberately avoided joining any official groups.
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I don’t think I’ve actually “joined” any TP group but have made some donations over the past few years and have done some volunteer work/help. I think I’ll limit my donations to “True The Vote” for the time being.


16 posted on 05/14/2014 4:35:49 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: research99

It’s clearly all about the “Benjamins” for him.


17 posted on 05/14/2014 4:36:57 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: sagar

I went to a ragtag, impromptu “tea party” gathering, funded by no one, in my community one Saturday morning, at the VERY beginning of the movement. The very, very beginning. It was here in Texas, and a very MAJOR part of the whole thing was against amnesty and strengthening the borders.

Admittedly, there are a lot of regional differences between these kind of homegrown tea-party groups. Some in the South had a strong social-conservative undercurrent, and some in the West were more libertarian. It makes these discussions about people and their local tea-party histories and their emphases vary a lot. Shades of “Rashomon” every time it’s brought up.


18 posted on 05/14/2014 4:40:27 PM PDT by greene66
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To: House Atreides

My tea party “group” is local people that I know. We have unofficial meetings at a local diner and chat about political issues over coffee and pancakes.

Basically, where we are is the tea party.


19 posted on 05/14/2014 4:41:25 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: greene66

” .... the “Tea Party Express,” under Amy Kremer, was one I actually had a bit of confidence in. “


The Tea Party Express got behind Sharron Angle. Harry Reid was a goner until they got involved.

I didn’t care for the republican in Delaware but he was going to win. He was a RINO but that is the very best you’re going to do in that state. They gave us Christine O’Donnell.

They threw money down in Alaska too and came up short. Although I will say they had a better candidate there.

I am not impressed with their vetting process.


20 posted on 05/14/2014 4:41:28 PM PDT by boycott
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