The Left is late to the (Tea) Party

Published February 22, 2017 4:41pm ET



Days after the 2016 election, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., suggested that there might be “some sort of actual Tea Party of the Left.” Plans were immediately set in motion to formalize his concept.

The Left is smart to take a page out of the Tea Party’s playbook. They have finally realized that what liberals are doing is not working. The confused hodgepodge of issues crowding the Women’s March, the ineffectiveness of the Occupy Wall Street protests, and the hateful rhetoric of anti-Trump protests are getting them nowhere.

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