It has been said by some commentators that our nation’s Capitol has been more partisan since Donald Trump arrived on the political scene.

They have a point, but there were factors that set this in motion long before Donald J. Trump decided to run for office.

If you think back to the Tea (Taxed Enough Already) Party movement that began in the aftermath of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, it was obvious that there was a large segment of the population that believed the government was no longer effectively looking out for their interests.

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