That's why I don't use the "tea party" label. It has been hijacked by people who want low taxes, but will abandon true conservatives when it comes to just about everything else. After the Brat victory, they're fighting back like wounded animals would.
We're better described as constitutional conservatives. The Cochran crowd and his 'pub and other enablers don't support us, not at all.
“That’s why I don’t use the “tea party” label. It has been hijacked by people who want low taxes, but will abandon true conservatives when it comes to just about everything else.”
I have found that no matter what you call yourself, it will be maligned and distorted. That’s part of the bully tactics of RINOs and libs. Sure, call yourself constitutional conservative or liberty party or whatever. I can’t tell you how many “conservative” politicians there are in Texas right now as every single republican (and even some dems) claims they are. PACs and other groups use terms like liberty, conservatives, freedom, patriots, etc. in their name when they are actually run by RINOs and libs.
It took a lot of research to sort out the true conservatives in our last Texas primary. We experienced a rash of mailings called slates in which the above groups presented their endorsements on a ballot type card. It’s called pay-to-play slates. I not only researched each candidate separately, but also the groups and their controlling officers/founders. What an eyeopener. If I went by each group’s name alone, I would have been grossly mislead into believing they were conservative when they were RINOs or worse. Of course, their endorsements reflected their views. Even amongst the most conservative groups, there were endorsement conflicts which reflected grudges, refusal to pay-to-play, and other pettiness.
So what’s in a name?