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Dallas Tea Party Leader Katrina Pierson and Citizens for Self-Governance President Mark Meckler on the fiscal cliff deal.
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Fact is Tea Party years are spent but that does not mean that there's still -- doing.
Just as these folks it's easier -- and mark Macklin.
Katrina not happy and obviously -- -- a lot of tea parties you obviously did vote for speaker Boehner but many taping styles how to give.
Yet it's it's all just a big huge mess but he Danielle I'm gonna have to tell you like the new senator from Texas at last night Ted -- Politics turn on a dime I'm just really excited tea parties out there and involved -- looking forward we're just gonna have to -- ended the same all same model.
You know obvious I had hello -- -- on the Republican congressman from Texas market and you know you didn't vote for the speaker at whatever arguments he used is that he just couldn't -- his conscience vote for -- -- like the guy and I asked him whether he was.
Fearing that he might be punished you know.
Maybe.
Off the committee and running the janitorial closet I was -- but his point was.
There has been retribution for bucking the leadership.
Our Tea Party years in that position now we're just because they -- the leadership -- fought the leadership.
On on these -- issues there's going to be hell to pay for them.
I mean we think so we've certainly seen it in the -- and that's really that's the normal way of congress go along with the leadership forget -- so.
I would expect to see the same in the future.
Thank god -- people actually like Louis Gilbert who stand up and vote their conscience it's outrageous that we have to say well there are few of them it should be all of them voting America.
Well they're not doing that I guess what I've got to wonder if you think about it Katrina it was the Tea Party movement.
And -- 83 congressmen and women who came with a two years ago.
That enabled John -- to become speaker of the house -- -- thank you two years later to all but put them to past.
Well kids and -- they tell us welcome to politics but here's the thing.
We live in a republic this is not a democracy and a lot at least keep our republic there will always be a movement of liberty in this country.
Any time the government overstepped their boundaries at this current administration is doing.
You won't have people like the Tea Party which just happens to be the name of the liberty movement up today.
Bit this is normal this is on our heritage and I'm thrilled.
That we do see who these people really are because and it is people like me.
Hope to fight more XLX more people like -- -- might add.
And so we've had some wins and losses and we can't win them off you know I don't know about the sick.
Very good run out I don't argue and I've talked about whether we over says of the mainstream -- -- let you know a lot of people get their news from the mainstream media they don't.
Lets me enough shame on them but the fact is.
That a lot of people have now.
A more favorable impression of the Occupy Wall Street movement -- tea parties.
Now since I've covered both movements I've never seen the Tea Party movement ever get violent I'd last time I checked every Tea Party -- showered.
And they never ever acted up to the -- to be -- ruling and having to bring in the police yet in the eyes of the general media.
It's tea parties you guys -- to the point where -- odd balls and and some of these freaks of nature -- That billions of dollars of in money have been spent to characterize this in now way.
You've -- the speaker of the house actually say negative things about the Tea Party movement you have the minority was just.
Massive -- oh yeah those little renegades who got the money you're under control now.
But you know any other dismissive of us and then it the next moment where omnipotent right plan B didn't pass because the Tea Party ears were so powerful and they control of the House of Representatives actually and then the next minute the next minute we don't even exist so.
The reality is it's not about the Tea Party -- a movement it's about the ideas and all the polling shows that Tea Party ideas are in favor them.
Only if you are better -- it is no bitterness from new -- Long memory is soprano type deal.
But now of course I'm bitter and anytime you commit yourself and your time away from your family.
And invest in some thing of course are gonna be let down my things.
Don't look kind of like they're going your way but -- the same time this is politics and we are teaching people and -- more and more people learning.
If the media and the politicians want -- RS I say let them because we're still working.
-- -- -- -- I'm not bitter at all because I came on -- -- two years ago just before the elections just before John Boehner was about to become speaker of the house -- asked me the question.
If I thought it was a good idea for him to be the speaker of the house I told you point blank two years ago -- -- gonna get what we've seen in the past.
Americans want a different leadership and they still want it now there's no change we got what we know there was -- -- -- members there was no revolt among your members disease stepmother there actually there actually was -- if you look at the vote two years ago a lot more people voted against John Boehner abstain from voting this around in the in the speaker vote.
Then did two years ago so we are making progress people are standing up.
Because they know people like Katrina and -- and millions of others will stand behind them when they do all right guys thank envelope very very much -- could see you -- again Q.
