The Tea Party has not gone away, it has gone underground. The GOPe, eager to keep their greedy faces in the money trough, gleefully joined the Democrats in attacking and marginalizing them. I was a Tea Party enthusiast too but got disgusted when the TP leadership let themselves be beaten down without fighting back, like the true country club Republicans they were. However the patriots behind the Tea Party movement are still here and they will go Trump, no doubt about it. They, like myself, will enjoy twisting the knife in the GOP at the ballot box and hounding them into the political wilderness.
The Tea Party shall rise again.
I have seen the most vile, hateful posts on social media about Tea Partiers it is nauseating..however, the strength of our movement is stronger than any insult. We must prevail.
No one Tea Party. There is no tea party itself that is nation wide. There is a movement called the Tea Party. Not currently active from what I can see.
I would welcome a new party to replace the GOP. Call it the Tea Party. A rose is a rose.