“Schumer, one of the Democrats’ most influential strategists, will argue in a major speech on Thursday that super-wealthy Tea Party donors have hijacked the grassroots movement that grew out of the economic anxiety of the 2008 financial collapse to suit their pro-big business agenda.”
That implies that at least 1 major Democrat acknowledges that the Tea Party was/is a grass-roots organization. A grudging acknowledgment. But there it is.
Schumer is poison the the US.