One thing you gotta love about the tea party is their delightful sense of self-irony

[bendog]

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Wednesday suggested that if Republicans strike a deal to give acting Speaker Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) more powers, they “might as well be the Whigs” — the conservative political party from the 19th century.

GOP hard-liner: Republicans ‘might as well be the Whigs’ if they strike deal to empower Speaker pro tem

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Wednesday suggested that if Republicans strike a deal to give acting Speaker Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) more powers, they “might as well be the Whigs” — the conservat…

thehill.com

Of course, 1860 wasn't a total failure. LOL

 

[martybegan]

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Wednesday suggested that if Republicans strike a deal to give acting Speaker Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) more powers, they “might as well be the Whigs” — the conservative political party from the 19th century.

GOP hard-liner: Republicans ‘might as well be the Whigs’ if they strike deal to empower Speaker pro tem

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Wednesday suggested that if Republicans strike a deal to give acting Speaker Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) more powers, they “might as well be the Whigs” — the conservat…

thehill.com

Of course, 1860 wasn't a total failure. LOL

2009 called, it wants it's left wing insult of right wingers back.

 

[pknopp]

I initially asked myself where the irony came in. Fighting for addressing the debt and feeling a bipartisan approach would be the wrong way to do that (and likely so) seems pretty common sense.

But then I have to remember that many arguing this are also backers of Trump who gave us 7.8 trillion in new debt with all sorts of give aways, so yeah, I will agree with the viewpoint here.

 

[bendog]

The irony is the TP whining about the founding of the republican party.

 

[$ecular#eckler]

The writer does not explain the Whig comparison

 

[ThisIsMe]

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Wednesday suggested that if Republicans strike a deal to give acting Speaker Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) more powers, they “might as well be the Whigs” — the conservative political party from the 19th century.

GOP hard-liner: Republicans ‘might as well be the Whigs’ if they strike deal to empower Speaker pro tem

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Wednesday suggested that if Republicans strike a deal to give acting Speaker Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) more powers, they “might as well be the Whigs” — the conservat…

thehill.com

Of course, 1860 wasn't a total failure. LOL

Tea party? Is that still a thing?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Chip thinks so that the Whigs are still around.

 

[whitehall]

No delight or irony on the lock step left though.