Giffords' Breathing Tube Replaced By Doctors

"You were inaccurate when you said that the GOP or tea party doesn't though. I corrected you on that fact."

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Conservati­ves Rally Around 'Teabaggin­g'.

Who coined 'teabagger­s'?

As far as what phrases the GOP or Tea Party uses, I don't watch Fox.  It's entirely possible that someone, somewhere in the GOP or the Tea Party has used the phrase at some time or other, but you miss the overall point about this sense of "ownership­" about American iconograph­y and symbology.  

By the way, have you provided links to support your contention­?  
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