A GOP-Tea Party Merger
Some important news from Andy Barr: The South Carolina Republican Party announced Monday that it’s uniting with tea party groups in the state to share
Jul 31, 202017.3K Shares1.1M Views
“„The South Carolina Republican Party announced Monday that it’s uniting with tea party groups in the state to share resources, coordinate messaging and push the GOP in a more conservative direction.
“„The points of contact between the state party establishment and the grass-roots will be the Greenville County Republican Party — one of the most conservative wings of the state party — and the Upstate Coalition of Conservative Organizations, an umbrella structure of state tea party groups.
This is a state with an extremely conservative GOP — Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) are bona fide Tea Party icons — but a few members less beloved by Tea Partiers, like Rep. Gresham Barrett (R-S.C.), who would seem to benefit from this anyway. One other note: The disastrous scandal that’s ending Mark Sanford’s career — the kind of thing that sometimes trickles down to hurt the party in power — is having no real long-term effect. The party’s marched right on, to the right.
Hajra Shannon
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