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Re: “No national Tea Party support for David Brat.”

True - but for a good reason.

For most of the campaign, Brat trailed in all polls by 25%-30%.

Even in the last week, Cantor’s own pollster had Cantor up 10%-15%.

One of the national Tea Party leaders said it would have been completely “irresponsible” for the Tea Party to commit their limited funds to someone who was that far behind.

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Unlike elite organizations like the RNC or DNC the Tea Party is made up of many individual citizens.

We backed Brat with our votes - not with cash collected from a bunch of elites.

Rick Santelli, Rush Limbaugh and Jim Robinson ARE the spiritual fathers of the Tea Party movement. Ain't none of 'em collecting from 'the Bigs'.