Shane Goldmacher

They're angry at having lost.

They're angry at the scale of the defeat.

They're angry at the scale of the defeat.

And then they're angry at the Obama agenda.

And then they're angry at the Obama agenda.

Obama gets this massive stimulus package passed.

Obama gets this massive stimulus package passed.

And they're angry at how much of the agenda he's enacting and how much Republicans are failing to stop it.

And they're angry at how much of the agenda he's enacting and how much Republicans are failing to stop it.

You start to see this anger at public forums.

You start to see this anger at public forums.

Republicans shouting down Democratic lawmakers about their agenda.

Republicans shouting down Democratic lawmakers about their agenda.

And real activism. And you see this anger and activism expressed in Republican primaries all across the country. Mm-hmm.

And real activism. And you see this anger and activism expressed in Republican primaries all across the country. Mm-hmm.

Where outsider, younger, and angrier candidates are suddenly winning.

Where outsider, younger, and angrier candidates are suddenly winning.

They're beating the old guard of the Republican Party in ways that the party just didn't expect. And this anger was changing the Republican Party from within. And one of the people elected in this changing of the guard of the Republican Party was Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.

They're beating the old guard of the Republican Party in ways that the party just didn't expect. And this anger was changing the Republican Party from within. And one of the people elected in this changing of the guard of the Republican Party was Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.

And if there's one moment that crystallizes the Tea Party's strategy during those years, it's what Ted Cruz did in the fall of 2013. Why? Senator from Texas. because this is when he pushed his Republican colleagues to shut down the federal government as a last-ditch effort to stop Obamacare.