A Tea Party oped by the *co-author* of the seminal book on the Tea Party before everyone on the left got interested. http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/12/opinions/tea-party-of-the-left-williamson-opinion/ …pic.twitter.com/9zh30NqTMv
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Except this is not correct. It was not "mainly astroturf." That misunderstanding has cost the Dems a lot already. https://twitter.com/cuneytdil/status/831221195173404672 …
| The participants were real. But they were certainly fueled by moneyed interests' websites & media outlets. That's the difference..pic.twitter.com/NnsTMOD034
all true; though also 1) is there a billion or two on the other side, directed/orgnized in the same way Koch money was? 2)...
the success of rebranding Republican base voters as "Tea Party" gave the mobilization bipartisan cover in the news media.
youre understating the extent of the Koch network, after reading Dark Money theyre literally an entire parallel party to GOP.
to say a "billion or two" is to minimize what is in essence an entire party apparatus from grassroots to Washington.
the tea party had an existing environment to develop in - Fox, talk radio, etc. - that was product of long well-funded work.
.@zeynep Because there is no such thing is a left-wing billionaire? And generally the rich hate paying taxes. I could go on.
plenty of lib billionaires tho, and they love austerity & hate the welfare state nearly as much as Koch Bros
"...why doesn't a billion or two on the other side work the same way?" Capital.
Sandars alone raised quarter of a billion...
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