Reverse Tea Party? Republican officials facing more protests across country

[TomSea]

Reverse Tea Party? Republican officials facing more protests across country
Published February 11, 2017 FoxNews.com

On Saturday, for the second week in a row, Florida GOP Rep. Gus Bilirakis reportedly faced about a hundred people at a town hall meeting upset about Republican plans to repeal and replace the 2010 health care law, without a solid alternative.

The episodes -- like those faced by other House Republicans and by recently confirmed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos -- appear similar to those staged by the Tea Party movement in 2009. Members’ grassroots opposition to the increasing size of government under then-President Obama led to the 2010 wave election in which Republicans seized control of the House.

DeVos, a supporter of vouchers and other alternatives to pubic education, was temporarily blocked Friday when trying to enter a District of Columbia public school.

“Go home,” shouted a man holding a “Black Lives Matters" sign. “Shame, shame, shame.”

Continued: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/11/reverse-tea-party-republican-officials-facing-more-protests-across-country.html

[Cripplecreek]

Not necessarily reverse tea party. A lot of us aren't happy with the progressive turn to Trump.

[TomSea]

There was another article, the liberal tea party out there.

As long as folks can be orderly; to a degree, have at it.

[Frank Cannon]

Not necessarily reverse tea party. A lot of us aren't happy with the progressive turn to Trump.

So true. Things would be so much better under a Hitlary administration.

[TomSea]

Not necessarily reverse tea party. A lot of us aren't happy with the progressive turn to Trump.

Like members of ISIS and illegal aliens.

[massadvj]

Since the Muslim Brotherhood is soon to be on the terrorist list, can we add BLM to it as well?

[jmyrlefuller]

There's just one problem with this:

The Tea Party was, for the most part, united in those days. They had specific actions, namely the stimulus, bailouts and Obamacare, they opposed.

These guys can't get their act together. There's women's marches, science marches, immigration marches, black-lives-matter marches... it's all the special interests the Democrats tried to put under one umbrella, and it's cracking up.

[Smokin Joe]

“Go home,” shouted a man holding a “Black Lives Matters" sign. “Shame, shame, shame.”

That isn't the TEA party. That isn't likely to be a Republican, either (maybe a paid Soros/former ACORN operative).

[Bigun]

That isn't the TEA party. That isn't likely to be a Republican, either (maybe a paid Soros/former ACORN operative).

Astro turf. Nothing more or less than that.

[Smokin Joe]

There's just one problem with this:

The Tea Party was, for the most part, united in those days. They had specific actions, namely the stimulus, bailouts and Obamacare, they opposed.

These guys can't get their act together. There's women's marches, science marches, immigration marches, black-lives-matter marches... it's all the special interests the Democrats tried to put under one umbrella, and it's cracking up.

At the root, the TEA party wanted fiscal responsibility and adherence to the Constitution (which would bring fiscal responsibility). We'd all gain, and the 'pie' would be bigger.

You can't put swarms of gibsmedats in the same herd all fighting for their 'piece of the pie' when they consider anyone else's gain to be their loss and the 'pie' to be of a fixed size.

[Smokin Joe]

Astro turf. Nothing more or less than that.

Yeah. We've had enough astroturf up here that the shortgrass prairie is on the verge of being endangered. (DAPL protests).

[truth_seeker]

Not necessarily reverse tea party. A lot of us aren't happy with the progressive turn to Trump.

List the specific actions taken to date, that you categorize as "progressive"

[skeeter]

There's just one problem with this:

The Tea Party was, for the most part, united in those days. They had specific actions, namely the stimulus, bailouts and Obamacare, they opposed.

These guys can't get their act together. There's women's marches, science marches, immigration marches, black-lives-matter marches... it's all the special interests the Democrats tried to put under one umbrella, and it's cracking up.

There's only one thing uniting the 'reverse TEA Party' - they're sore about losing. It'll fade after a few weeks.

[Bigun]

Yeah. We've had enough astroturf up here that the shortgrass prairie is on the verge of being endangered. (DAPL protests).

I'm sure!  Hopefully the have cleared out now.

[Smokin Joe]

I'm sure!  Hopefully the have cleared out now.

Getting there. The dang'near superfund site where the 'water protectors' camped will be over 250 very large truckloads of waste to be hauled off, in an area where spring thaw will likely inundate the site and pollute the very water they claimed to be 'protecting'.

There are a lot of court cases yet to be cleared up, too.

[Bigun]

Getting there. The dang'near superfund site where the 'water protectors' camped will be over 250 very large truckloads of waste to be hauled off, in an area where spring thaw will likely inundate the site and pollute the very water they claimed to be 'protecting'.

There are a lot of court cases yet to be cleared up, too.

Some things never change I suppose. 

[Smokin Joe]

Some things never change I suppose.

Well, it was an eye opener for folks in North Dakota. Anyone who knew anything about what was going on down there could read the National News (NYT, WaPo, etc.) and see a different planet with a whole list of talking points that were patently false.
But then, after having read a newspaper account of one incident I witnessed when I was a much younger man, I knew the truth wouldn't likely be found in or on newsprint. And with the advent of online news, the misconceptions (I'm being generous here) travel at nearly lightspeed across the globe.
I have to admit that they effectively raised a small fortune, a very few profited handsomely from the presence, and likely a bunch made decent wages for their efforts. I wonder if the pay scale goes up for slinging Molotov Cocktails and destroying equipment and chasing a construction worker, with knives in hand. Or if their fines and court costs get paid and any incarceration bonus goes to the astroturf crowd?
"Protesting" has become a freaking industry.

[Bigun]

Well, it was an eye opener for folks in North Dakota. Anyone who knew anything about what was going on down there could read the National News (NYT, WaPo, etc.) and see a different planet with a whole list of talking points that were patently false.
But then, after having read a newspaper account of one incident I witnessed when I was a much younger man, I knew the truth wouldn't likely be found in or on newsprint. And with the advent of online news, the misconceptions (I'm being generous here) travel at nearly lightspeed across the globe.
I have to admit that they effectively raised a small fortune, a very few profited handsomely from the presence, and likely a bunch made decent wages for their efforts. I wonder if the pay scale goes up for slinging Molotov Cocktails and destroying equipment and chasing a construction worker, with knives in hand. Or if their fines and court costs get paid and any incarceration bonus goes to the astroturf crowd?
"Protesting" has become a freaking industry.

If some eyes got opened then something good did come out of it!