Obviously—like any comparison—no exact fit between the current Dem/base mobilization and the Tea Party movement but there is a lesson.
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First, whenever Tea Party comes up, bunch of people say "but Koch brothers!" That's not even really true, and also, if so—what's the lesson?
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Like it or not, Tea Party was a movement; it did mobilize; and *yes* some groups & money in the Repub orbit swooped in to catalyze effect.
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And, arguably, as I argued long before the election when I pointed out that Trump was viable via the Tea Party base, the Tea Party is+
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..among the most consequential mobilizations/political movements in recent history. Having a billionaire backer helps, but if it were that+
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..easy, why doesn't a billion or two on the other side work the same way? There are lessons here for paths of mobilization & consequences.
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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 …
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Also, Trump is *not* a candidate in the "Koch brothers" mold. He is a candidate in the Tea Party *base* mold, as revealed via research.
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Here's a bit from my forthcoming book: https://www.amazon.com/Twitter-Tear-Gas-Fragility-Networked/dp/0300215126 … (Based on work of Skocpol & Williamson and others.)https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/809427350924443648 …
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that looks very interesting and I look forward to reading it
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Thanks! Puzzling through a lot of stuff that has... all of a sudden become more central in the United States, too.
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