The New York Times uncovered one reason President Biden isn’t facing his own “Tea Party” protest movement: Racism.
“Why Biden Hasn’t Faced a Second Coming of the Tea Party,” the “Upshot” analysis by Ian Prasad Philbrick in Saturday’s news pages, claimed the Tea Party was built on racial backlash against America’s first black president, Barack Obama.
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Senate at a media event in Tulsa. The Frontier / Ben Felder
The Oklahoma Republican Partyâs anti-Semitic Facebook post â and a far-right Senate candidateâs defense of the party â represent both an age-old discriminatory sentiment and a new wave of radical Republicanism, scholars and experts say.
While other Oklahoma Republicans told The Transcript they condemn the state GOPâs Friday Facebook post â which equated restrictions for the unvaccinated with Jewish Europeans being forced to wear gold stars during the Holocaust â Senate candidate Jackson Lahmeyer said he stands by and supports the partyâs anti-Semitic messaging. Lahmeyer is endorsed by John Bennett, chair of the state Republican Party.
NORMAN — On Saturday the battle for the Oklahoma GOP will begin when a far-right Senate candidate campaigning on debunked election conspiracies brings his campaign rally to Norman.