September 20, 2024

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Tea Party a ‘Fad’ Rep. Brown Says

Kelly Payne
Citizen Reporter

While Rep. Boyd Brown acknowledges the impact of the Tea Party movement on the 2010 election, he also doesn’t think it will be long-term. “I think it’s a fad, I think it will go away,” he tells a Dutch Fork High School class a couple days after the Nov. 2 election. He added, “The one single good thing about the Tea Party this year, was it drove voter turnout up.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFw2UCoD-oM

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