To assess the Tea Party Movement’s appropriation of the historically incorrect myth of the Founding Fathers, it is of importance to question why Palin and Cruz mythologize these historical figures and to not only explore the effects of this deification on Tea Partiers and sympathizers but also how it reinforces incorrect convictions about the Founders in American culture.
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1. Introduction
2. Context: The Tea Party Movement, its Principles, and the Role of the Constitution
3. Primary SourceAnalysis
4. Conclusion
5. Works Cited
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- Laura Kraus (Author), 2022, The Tea Party Movement and the Mythologization of the Founding Fathers, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.hausarbeiten.de/document/1334168