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The Tea Party has incorporated various conservative internal factions of the Republican Party to become a major force within the party. [139] [140] Tea Party candidates were less successful in the 2012 election, winning four of 16 Senate races contested, and losing approximately 20% of the seats in the House that had been gained in 2010.
The following American politicians were affiliated with the Tea Party movement, which was generally considered to be conservative, libertarian-leaning, [1] and populist. [2] [3] [4] The Tea Party movement advocated for reducing the U.S. national debt and federal budget deficit by reducing federal government spending and taxes.
David Weigel wrote in Slate that AFP "in the Tea Party era evolved into one of the most powerful conservative organizations in electoral politics." [101] AFP and the Tea Party share many of the same principles. [102] In 2010, AFP was one of the most influential organizations in the Tea Party movement, and the largest in terms of membership and ...
America is experiencing an authoritarian crisis at the hands of Donald Trump and the Tea Party. It's up to us to defend our multiracial democracy. I didn't take Tea Party, Trump seriously.
The Tea Party brought the nation to the brink of a damaging, and clearly unpopular federal government shutdown. And the Tea Party has already announced a plan to end Medicare.
Hecker told The New York Times, "Hundreds of thousands of people voted for their favorite principles online to create the Contract as an open-sourced platform for the Tea Party movement. The agenda had the imprint of everyday citizens every step of the way (in the online voting process)."
Tea Party Patriots was a co-sponsor of the 9/12 March on Washington, [6] but refused to participate in the National Tea Party Convention. [7] Tea Party Patriots is most notable for organizing citizen opposition at the healthcare town hall meetings of 2009. [8] In 2010, Tea Party Patriots was among the 12 most influential groups in the Tea Party ...
[73] [74] A FOX News exit poll showed Tea Party support was a key part of Walker's win in 2012, just as it was in 2010. [75] In Atlanta, the Tea Party partnered with the NAACP and the Sierra Club to defeat the $7.2 billion Transportation Investment Act in June 2012. [76] The act had the support of both Democratic and Republican "establishment ...