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CNBC’s Santelli melts down during tantrum over Obama’s ‘socialistic policies’

Tea party supporter and CNBC on-air editor Rick Santelli on Wednesday threw another one of his signature tantrums because President Barack Obama’s administration was pursuing “socialism” instead of what he said were “pro-growth policies” like tax cuts and austerity. Santelli argued that payroll processor ADP showed that job growth was…

Santelli goes berserk when asked to defend jobs report conspiracy theory

CNBC on-air editor Rick Santelli, who is credited with helping to launch the tea party movement, flew into a rage on Tuesday after he was asked to defend his apparent suggestion that the most recent jobs report had been doctored to help President Barack Obama get re-elected. Former GE CEO…