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As If You Needed More Proof That The Tea Party Were Terrorist: Crowd Cheers At Being Blamed For Downgrade

Will Kohler August 9, 2011

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Midway through a Font Du Lac, Wisconsin Tea Party Rally Florida talk show host Andrea Shea King took the stage and told the audience that everyone was describing the downgrade of US debt to AA+ from AAA as the “tea party downgrade,” laying the blame squarely on the Tea Party. But rather than boo those who claim the tea party caused the downgrade, the 200 or so Wisconsinites in attendance cheered, sounding almost proud to be blamed for the downgrade.

Will Kohler

Will Kohler is one of America's best known LGBT historians, He is also a a accredited journalist and the owner of Back2Stonewall.com. A longtime gay activist Will fought on the front lines of the AIDS epidemic with ACT-UP and continues fighting today for LGBT acceptance and full equality. Will’s work has been referenced on such notable media venues as BBC News, CNN, MSNBC, The Washington Post, The Daily Wall Street Journal, Hollywood Reporter, and Raw Story. Back2Stonewall has been recently added to the Library of Congress' LGBTQ+ Studies Web Archive. Mr. Kohler is available for comment, interviews and lectures on LGBT History. Contact: Will@Back2Stonewall.com