They call themselves Tea Party patriots. Do patriots shut down the government, wreaking havoc on the economy and business? Do patriots take food from the mouths of babies, throw millions of Americans and elderly off food assistance? Do patriots try to undo the Affordable Care Act that provides health care for tens of millions of Americans, including them? Do patriots hate the president of their own country?
What’s so patriotic about being an all “white” group in a diverse, multi-ethnic nation? Tea Party supporters are incapable of functioning in the type of democratic republic they pretend to love. The things they are doing certainly aren’t for the people, of the people, and by the people. The Republican Party will loathe the day they let the Tea Party huddle under its banner.
Ron Lowe