ABC’s Sam Donaldson To Tea Party: ‘It’s Not Your Country Anymore – It’s Our Country…’

While appearing on Chris Matthews‘ syndicated weekend talk show, ABC’s Sam Donaldson offered up a rebuke of the Tea Party movement that helped sweep a new class of Republican congressman into power during the 2010 midterm elections.

Looking back at 2012 and picking out the year’s biggest game-changers, Donaldson agreed with co-panelist Katty Kay in thinking that the continuing strong influence of the Tea Party movement has held back the Republican Party:

“The minorities re-elected president Obama… It’s the Tea Party and thinking of the Tea Party and people like that that are driving the Republicans out of contention as a national party. You cannot win nationally if you don’t know something about the way the country’s changed, and the Tea Party seems to think the country can go back 25 or 30 years. The greatest slogan that I hated during this last campaign was “We want to take back our country.” Guys, it’s not your country anymore – it’s our country and you’re part of it, but that thinking is going to defeat Republicans nationally if they don’t get rid of it.”

Watch below, via NBC:

[h/t NewsBusters]

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