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Saturday, June 14, 2014

HUMPHRIES: OK. What is the tea party revolution really about?

Liberals have been trying to connect the drug-addicted, cop-killing lunatics in Las Vegas to the tea party because they threw a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag on one of their victims.

No serious and decent person has to apologize for the actions of madmen. We can’t have a discussion about anything in this country — heck, we can’t have freedom — if one side of the Great National Debate has to begin by proving they’re not unhinged Joker wannabees who are just one bad day away from going on a killing spree.

Murder, insanity and anarchy are not the same thing as rebellion. The primary in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District Tuesday night was a rebellion. A hopelessly underfunded tea party candidate named Dave Brat won the Republican nomination from Eric Cantor, a seven-term incumbent and the House majority leader, who outspent him by more than 10-to-1. Resistance to legalizing illegal aliens was a big issue in the campaign, and the wave of young illegal immigrants surging across the border is a big story in the news, but it was about more than that. Brat criticized Cantor for spending too much time on national matters and taking care of his political career instead of listening to his constituents.

It’s not just Virginia: People in every state feel like politicians just aren’t listening to them anymore.

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