The Rachel Maddow Show   |  December 03, 2012

Dick Armey breaks ranks with FreedomWorks

Rachel Maddow relays the news that former House Majority Leader Dick Armey is parting ways with the fake-grassroots tea party organization through which he became a key player in the tea party activism during the 2010 election.

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>>> back in 2009 and 2010 , republican protests against president obama 's supposedly socialist kenyan secret muslim agenda were touted as grass roots events. most of them r were not grass roots events. most of them were organized by groups by freedom works , which grew out of a conservative advocacy organization that was founded and funded by the billionaire coke brothers. the front man was a congressman from texas. he was the house majority leader for the republican party , which is not a grass rootsy thing. but none of this is. today david korn had a scoop about the fake grass roots part of republican party politics. " mother jones " published an e-mail in which dick army quit. he then told " mother jones ", the top management team of freedom works was taking a direction i thought was unproductive and thought it was time to move on with my life. don't know exactly why dick army and freedom works broke up, but there's discord at the conservative level. actually there's a lot going on. more on that ahead. stay with us. free app that