Another article rounding up alleged “tea party in name only” party imposters around the country: in New Jersey, Florida, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and in Michigan: Jason Gillman, a Tea Party activist from Traverse City, Michigan…
…caused a stir in Michigan politics in late July after he released documents he obtained from state elections officials about the so-called Michigan Tea Party. The documents, he said, showed that of the 23 candidates under the Tea Party name, at least nine of them had affidavits notarized by a local operative for the Oakland County Democratic Party. He said that was the “smoking gun” to prove Democratic involvement — on top of concerns he and other Tea Partiers had that the candidates on the ticket did not have Tea Party backgrounds.
