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[–] mscomies 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The Tea Party began that as a libertarian backlash from the 2008 financial crisis + wall street bailouts, but they quickly got co-opted by the social conservative, never compromise even in the face of armageddon types. Tea party congressmen were directly responsible for the 2013 government shutdown, despite the best attempts of Republican establishment figures like John Boehner to reign them in.

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[–] mr_skeltal [S] ago 

Thanks for the explanation and background reading, that cleared it up a bit for me. :)