End of an era? Tea party class of House Republicans fades

[DonViejo]

By LISA MASCARO
1 hour ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican newcomers stunned Washington back in 2010 when they seized the House majority with bold promises to cut taxes and spending and to roll back what many viewed as Barack Obama’s presidential overreach. But don’t call them tea party Republicans any more.

Eight years later, the House Tea Party Caucus is long gone. So, too, are almost half the 87 new House Republicans elected in the biggest GOP wave since the 1920s.

Some, including current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, joined the executive branch. Other slipped back to private life. Several are senators.

Now, with control of the House again at stake this fall and just three dozen of them seeking re-election, the tea party revolts show the limits of riding a campaign wave into the reality of governing.

Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., the class president, objects to the tea party brand that he says was slapped on the group by the media and the Obama administration. It’s a label some lawmakers now would rather forget.

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[Glorfindel]

1. Good riddance to bad rubbish. n/t

[shanny]

2. Many individuals might be gone, but their influence is not.

It was just an exercise in rebranding, a way to pretend they weren't the natural heirs of dimson bush and the repuke party in general.

[Me.]

3. Pretty Stunning

"Some of the emails had an overtly sinister tone. Rice-Cameron, who is, oddly enough, the son of Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice, wrote in one email that “slowly, we will continue to crush the Left’s will to resist, as they will crack under pressure.”

[shockey80]

4. Its now called the freedom caucus.

These members are extremists and they are fucking our country up. They all have to go.