Today‘s Republicans used the Tea Party. And now it‘s come back to bite them. While Tea Partiers like Louie Gohmert may be popular in their own districts, most Americans are disgusted by them. They don‘t like the Tea Party‘s extremism and they don‘t want to sabotage the government. The majority of the country now thinks „Tea Party“ when it hears the word „Republican.“ This has led to historically low approval ratings for the GOP.