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Stewart Rhodes

SOURCE: Talking Points Memo
5/25/2023

The Path to January 6 Ran Through the Obama-Era Tea Party

The closeness of the Oath Keepers militia group to the Tea Party movement was hardly a guarded secret in the 2010s.

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Stewart Rhodes

The Path to January 6 Ran Through the Obama-Era Tea Party