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Home Front: Politix
Trump protesters plan to build ‘tea party of the left’
2016-11-17
A movement to be securely held together by diaper pins.
It sounds like they want ACORN or International ANSWER.
[POLITICO] The protests that have roiled American cities since Election Day aren’t going anywhere. But rather than Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
, the first political casualties they claim may be establishment Democrats.

Leaders of the groups organizing some of the first outbursts of direct action in response to Trump’s surprise election are making plans to take to the streets through January’s inauguration and beyond. In frantic behind-the-scenes phone calls, text messages and Slack chats, they’re also planning to channel the energy unleashed last week into electoral politics, starting with Democratic primaries, to build what one organizer called a "tea party of the left."

"Our big goal is to support primary challenges against those Democrats who negotiate with Donald Trump," said the organizer, Waleed Shahid, a veteran of Bernie Sanders
...The only openly Socialist member of the U.S. Senate. Sanders was Representative-for-Life from Vermont until moving to the Senate for the rest of his life in 2006, assuming the seat vacated by Jim Jeffords...
’ campaign who is working for a group called AllofUs, launched in September. The approach mimics that of the tea party, which has used bully boy primary bids to unsettle establishment Republicans and drive the Republican Party rightward.
Posted by:Fred

#9  The Pot Party
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-11-17 11:25  

#8  "For just $2900 a month, you too can sponsor a millennial."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-11-17 10:48  

#7  Wasn't Occupy Wall Street the 'Tea Party of the Left'? Wasn't the Coffee Party the 'Tea Party of the Left'?

I hope Soros spends a fortune on this foolishness re-branding his foot-soldiers and stooges.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-11-17 10:28  

#6  by the media and praise by the left

Redundancy alert Lord G.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-11-17 09:09  

#5  Haven't they tried this already a few times? Coffee party and such?

They'll have just as much success this time.
Posted by: DarthVader   2016-11-17 09:01  

#4  ironic

the Tea Party was polite and honest and was accused of all kinds of things by the left

ACORN and ANSWER are nasty and dishonest and are given 'tut tut' coverage by the media and praise by the left

also, Donald Trump, while being many things is not a Tea Party guy -- he wants a big infrastructure program run by govt., big govt trade policy -- all things the Tea Party was against -- I think Trump may have some taxation policies that the Tea Party would like but that's about all
Posted by: lord garth   2016-11-17 08:44  

#3  The Tea Party was founded on classical principles. The only principle the Left has is power. They already have plenty of existing organizations seeking that.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2016-11-17 07:54  

#2  Does that means you won't trash the sites of your protests?
Posted by: Bobby   2016-11-17 07:37  

#1  ACORN or Occupy Wall Street morphs into a Tea Party-like organization? It's never going to happen. The looney left is still going to be the looney left no matter what you call it. Acorn-like groups are fundamentally anti-American whereas the Tea Party represents a more moderate and main-stream America.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-11-17 07:22  

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