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The Tea Party movement was popularly launched following a February 19, 2009, call by CNBC reporter Rick Santelli on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for a "tea party". [25] [26] On February 20, 2009, The Nationwide Tea Party Coalition also helped launch the Tea Party movement via a conference call attended by around 50 conservative ...
The protests were part of the larger political Tea Party movement. [1] Most Tea Party activities have since been focused on opposing efforts of the Obama administration, and on recruiting, nominating, and supporting candidates for state and national elections. [2] [3] The name "Tea Party" is a reference to the Boston Tea Party, whose principal ...
The Taxpayer March on Washington (also known as the 9/12 Tea Party) was a Tea Party protest march from Freedom Plaza to the United States Capitol held on September 12, 2009, in Washington, D.C. [1] [2] The event coincided with similar protests organized in various cities across the nation. [3]
It turns out many who rode the wave of principled libertarianism were neither.
Join the South Dennis Free Public Library for a Boston Tea Party party at 10 a.m. on Dec. 16. A scavenger hunt, games and crafts will commence and cookies and tea will be served to guests.
The Tea Party movement, founded in 2009, is an American political movement that advocates strict adherence to the United States Constitution, [1] reducing U.S. government spending and taxes, [2] [3] and reduction of the U.S. national debt and federal budget deficit.
I laughed at the Tea Party and their tri-corner hats. I did not take Trump’s 2016 campaign seriously. I never thought Roe v. Wade would be overturned. I never thought the U.S. Supreme Court ...
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. [2] The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts.