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Democrats DESPERATELY Trying To Form Own Tea Party; There’s Just One Problem …

This is both sad and hilarious.

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In one of the most pathetic columns written in recent times, former House Rep. Steve Israel, who as a reminder stepped down from office in January, lay the Democrat’s future (or lack thereof) in the hands of the fictional “Teen Party” he envisions in his deluded head.

And no, he didn’t mean a gathering of rambunctious teens chugging on Kool-Aid and snacking on Doritos as they bond over their shared dislike of Coach Balbricker.

The former congressman meant Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting survivor David Hogg and other teens just like him, whose energy at the disturbingly demagogic “March for Our Lives” over the weekend Israel apparently found uber inspiring.

So inspiring, in fact, it reminded him of the Tea Party that helped propel the historic wave that allowed Republicans to recapture the House in 2010:

Now, we see it again, only in hard reverse. Not a Tea Party, but a Teen Party. Not in the diatribe of pundits, but in 11-year-old Naomi Wadler’s captivation of her audience at a rally on Saturday. In the thousands of voters drawn to rallies by the energy of children too young to vote. In the hand-drawn signs and the spontaneous chants of “vote them out” that I heard at a rally in Huntington, Long Island, that attracted more than 1,000 people.  …

Um, signs like this, you mean (H/T RedState)?

“Something powerful is in the air when a discussion of ‘midterms’ at the kitchen table isn’t about school exams but about elections,” Israel continued.

He concluded by arguing that if “the Teen Party, like the Tea Party, ramps up town hall meetings, channels their energy and masses in districts that matter, vulnerable Republicans will find themselves in a perilous place — on the wrong side of energy, and maybe of history as well.”

So let me get this straight: This doofus’ plan for electoral victory entails allowing a bunch of Tide Pod-eating teenyboppers who’re ignorant of the most basic facts to rally a base of grown adults (who in an ideal world would know better) against Republicans?

I don’t mean to be so rough in my language, but these are children. The guy seriously cited the purported wisdom of an an 11-year-old to back his argument, for Pete’s sake.

While I love children and wish them the best luck on Earth, I also recognize that they’re not emotionally or intellectually mature enough to handle what awaits them in the game of politics. Especially given that the chances of their efforts engendering anything meaningful are quite low, as noted over the weekend by Carl Arbogast over at RedState.

“[T]hose same pundits are hoping that thousands of teenagers will carry the day for them. They get on television and say, ‘This is a movement that won’t get stopped.’ They’re lying to these kids,” Arbogast opined.

“That assault weapons ban some people so badly want to pass? It’s not happening. And members of Congress who vote against it will not lose. People should tell these kids the truth. They’re going to be disappointed and it’s going to be worse when they come to the realization that people like Shannon Watts and Charles Schumer were blowing smoke up their rear ends.”

Indeed.

These leftists, including Israel, are setting these kids up for a disappointment they don’t deserve. Let me tell you something. As a hardcore politics aficionado, I experience disappointment all the time. It’s part of the lifestyle.

But could kids handle this sort of disappointment? How about Hogg? He’s almost an adult, yet he frequently lashes out in profanity-ridden rants like an overly emotional fool. How would he handle learning that millions of Americans don’t see eye to eye with him?

Newsflash at former Rep. Steve Israel: These kids aren’t ready to lead your crazy movement, dude. They’re just kids.

Am I against them expressing their opinions? Not at all. But I do take umbrage to the notion that they should be recruited into a “Teen Party” to lead the Democrat Party toward the future.

Not only do I believe they still have a lot more to learn, but I strongly feel that the only “Teen Party” kids should be involved with are those that serve Kool-aid and Doritos!

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