Tea Party Express supporters in Wisconsin Sunday seemed proud to take the blame for S&P’s downgrade of U.S. credit.

“This week — and I wrote it down — they are blaming the credit downgrade on the tea party movement,” Tea Party Express’ Shea King told the crowd.

King’s announcement was met with cheers and applause.

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“They are calling it ‘the tea party downgrade.’ They are objectivizing [sic] us,” she added.

Both Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Obama adviser David Axelrod called the knock on the U.S. credit rating a “tea party downgrade” Sunday.

Watch this video from We Are Wisconsin PAC, uploaded Aug. 7, 2011.

(H/T: Mother Jones)