Originally published at: Incumbents Wiped Out as Democratic ‘Tea Party’ Flexes Its Newfound Strength: Three Primary Takeaways - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Democratic incumbents, even powerful ones, continue to be an endangered species as anti-establishment fervor rips through the party. In New York, that manifested as a historic night for Zohran Mamdani-backed Democratic socialists. In Maryland, it looked like the picking off of the old guard that broke with party orthodoxy on ICE and redistricting. Tuesday’s primaries…
Incumbents Wiped Out as Democratic ‘Tea Party’ Flexes Its Newfound Strength: Three Primary Takeaways
Thumbs down on the “Tea Party” frame in the article title, which does not appear in the body.
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The Tea Party was astroturf and its leading figures were ridiculous clowns. this is lazy framing.
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mordant_k and johniwaniszek beat me to it: this is terrible framing. There is zero resemblance between the astroturfed, Koch-funded Tea Party and the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
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So glad others had already pointed out the insulting and inaccurate framing. Tea Party was just another astroturfing sell, pushed heavily on Faux News using the poll-tested language of the time. Same folks who bring us the “gay panic” 
strategy, which evolves from decade to decade but never dies.
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The NY State Senator who lost after endorsing Cuomo was Ramos. Gonzalez-Rojas was the winner.