Posted on 04/20/2021 3:43:44 AM PDT by Kaslin
The Tea Party was there before Trump. We conservatives were here before Trump. Trump completely blew it when he refused to fight the coup, in the streets if necessary. Now Trump is a non entity. Trump was so ineffective at defending freedom before he fled the field, our movement has been destroyed. Thanks to Trump listening to Uniparty (R) operatives and trying to stay IN the GOP, we conservatives are now all outlawed DVEs and the constitution lies in ruins. For losing the right to protest the left and losing the right to vote in honest elections we have only the memory of Trump’s accomplishments, all of which have been or will shortly be rolled back.
There are still many “Trump/Pence” signs around where I live. Some really large ones.
Those large ones ALL have “Pence” painted over.
Trump was so ineffective at defending freedom before he fled the field, our movement has been destroyed.
Your movement was ineffective, and destroyed itself.
I always considered a Trump more of a Populist than a conservative.
Say, how are things going with those staunch Tea Party Conservatives? You know, Micro Rubio, Sasse, Mia Love, Paul Ryan....?
Have you seen the new Biden tax package? Name one accomplishment, one left standing from Trump. His court appointees, they did a helluva job defending the constitution during the coup. How about the coming additional four justices? Who declined to fight the coup after 1/7? And that constitution thing my grandchildren will never know, who stood aside while that was ripped away. You can’t help being a stooge, can you?
Can't help being a troll, ,can you?
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You don’t have a clue. I’m talking about the grass roots tea party movement. If you had participated, you would surely know what I mean. A card caring GOP stooge, such as yourself, remembers the Uniparty (R) Judases who tried to compromise the movement, as they did with Trump, eventually leading to the movement’s destruction.
Ouch!
LOL! I quit the Republican Party when the GOP folded after Jan 6th. MAGA all the way.
But I'll bet you're still registered as a Republican, aren't ya. Aren't ya?
The headline is correct. Trump is not a cause, he is an indicator.
Agreed. I helped start a Tea Party chapter, we had hundreds of members..... but most were politically naïve, we were suckered into supporting a bunch of slick liars like those you list. Pat Toomey springs to mind! A Trump was what we lacked. He has the originalist mindset, but also the ability to get things done. You have to admit, for the most part, he was lousy at picking winners, too.
Yup. Way too trusting. That's a problem with honorable men. They have a tendency to think other people will act honorably as well. Hopefully he's learned his lesson. We can't do another 4 years of backstabbing underlings.
“Even among the conservatives who found themselves voting for Joe Biden...”
More like some conservatives found their ballots changed to vote for Joe Biden.
Sadly I know a few who did vote for Biden, idiots.
Nah, you know some former conservatives who voted for Biden.
The spark that ignited the movement was Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech at the 2008 Republican convention.
For the first time since Ronald Reagan flew off into retirement, a national political figure was talking about things that the silent majority cared about. The crowds that followed her terrified the Establishment and they set about working to crush her.
The tactics they used were just a warmup for the big game as it turned out. Once the Donald arrived on the scene they dispensed with any subtlety and went balls-to-the-wall to thwart his every move.
And now we’ve arrived at a situation where the federal government is actively conspiring against nearly half its population. With a Chief Executive that closes down before supper time.
We truly live in interesting times
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