Grover Norquist absolutely loved the ‘festival/movement/Brigadoon’ that is Burning Man

The Burning Man festival takes place every year at the end of August in Nevada. The festival creates its own city called Black Rock with its own system of order. To the majority of the public it usually brings up images of crazy costumes, nudity, and obvious use of illicit substances.

This year the festival had an out-of-the-ordinary attendee in Norquist.

Norquist told the National Journal earlier this year that he was drawn to the similarities between Burning Man and his organization, Americans for Tax Reform.

“These are very similar operations, except we tend to wear more clothes,” Norquist said, adding that Burning Man is the perfect example of “old-fashioned capitalism.”

“There’s no government that organizes this. That’s what happens when nobody tells you what to do. You just figure it out,” Norquist said in an interview with the National Journal. “So Burning Man is a refutation of the argument that the state has a place in nature.”

Norquist’s Twitter account was dominated by images of the festival. He also seemed to appreciate the oddity of his appearance there, joking with several people on Twitter about his experience.

Apparently Norquist fit right in.