Much truth in these observations but at the end of the day the Tea Party Membership carries the can for two reasons:
* their visceral hatred of and intolerance for Trump and
* their gross inability to discern competence in most of their candidates; some of whom belonged to Zombie Apocalypse.
>>* their gross inability to discern competence in most of their candidates;
"EDUCATE THE COMMON PEOPLE"
--Thomas JeffersonDiscernment? Evidently that requires diligent effort - as opposed to just regurgitaing whatever fashionable droppings the emergent parrots dejour happen to be decorating the linings of their cages with (ala direct deposit "evangelism").
"...who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time;...that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. ""I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN"--The Virginia Act For Establishing Religious Freedom
--Thomas Jefferson, 1786https://www.google.com/webhp?#q=truth%20is%20great%20and%20will%20prevail%20if%20left%20to%20herself