The Tea Party isn't backing down

Is the GOP ready to end the shutdown? Not if Sarah Palin can help it.

Sarah Palin
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On Sunday, Sarah Palin helped Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Ohio) lead the "Million Vet March," a protest against the closure of the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., which was shuttered as part of the larger government shutdown.

"We are here to honor our vets," she said to protesters who had moved metal barriers outside of the memorial. "You look around, though, and you see these barricades and you have to ask yourself: Is this any way that a commander in chief would show his respect, his gratitude to our military?"

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.