The Tea Party is Dead (Again). What Will its Legacy Be?

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🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Before there was a MAGA republicanism, there was the Tea Party. Founded in 2009, the movement organized around fiscal conservatism and opposition to the Affordable Care Act and government bailouts of the banking industry. But the Tea Party’s influence has waned. Only half of congressional Republicans voted for a limited government position on tax and fiscal issues in 2023, according to a study by the Institute for Legislative Analysis. And the movement has lost financial support following the recent closure of the conservative political group Freedom Works. We look at the history of the Tea Party movement and how it shaped today’s GOP. Guests: Vanessa Williamson, senior fellow, Brookings Institute - co-author of "The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism" Fred McGrath, president, Institute for Legislative Analysis - an organization that collects data for advocates of Limited Government Duncan Braid, coalition director, American Compass - a conservative economic policy advocacy organization Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:29.3	Coming up on forum, it feels like the party is over for the Tea Party.
1:34.3	When the Libertarian political organization Freedom Works closed its doors last month,
1:38.3	it marked the end of an era for the right-wing movement for limited government.
1:42.3	Cause of death, well, Trump, and
1:45.5	the rise of a magistyle populism less interested in reducing deficits. Others say the Tea
1:50.8	Party's real animating forces, like cultural grievances, are alive and well in the party. Nevertheless,
1:57.0	a new study of voting records in Congress shows Republicans are far more united around
2:01.8	social issues than the idea of limited government. What does the shift away from the Tea Party
2:06.5	mean for the GOP? That's next after this news.
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