25 Years in 25 Days (2010): The Rise of the Tea Party
The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 28, 2014
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The Tea Party movement exploded onto the political scene during the town halls of Summer 2009, then shook up the mid-terms of 2010, bringing a new breed of Republican into Congress. Kate Zernike, The New York Times political reporter and author of Boiling Mad: Inside Tea Party America, discusses the rise of the Tea Party, how it's changed politics, and why this expression of conservative discontent is so important to understand today.
