RIP, Tea Party: 2009-2017

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Some heretofore-skeptical commentators are declaring that February 28 is the date Donald Trump truly became president of the United States. That might signal some good news, but it was closely followed by bad: March 1 could go down as the date of death of the Tea Party movement in America.

The day after President Trump made his first address to Congress, I received an email with the subject line “PRESS: Tea Party Responds to President Trump’s Address.” Here’s the email in its entirety:

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