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The Tea Party Movement, founded in 2009, is an American political movement that advocates strict adherence to the United States Constitution, [1] reduced U.S. government spending and taxes, [2] [3] and reduction of the U.S. national debt and federal budget deficit.
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.
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". [24] [25] 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 ...
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It turns out many who rode the wave of principled libertarianism were neither.
The organization was founded and officially incorporated on 14 May 2009, [1] by Christian Coalition founder Ralph Reed, who described it as "a 21st century version of the Christian Coalition". [6] Reed designed the coalition as a bridge between the Tea Party movement and evangelical voters. [7]
The American Tea Party movement is generally regarded as fiscally conservatives who tend to avoid social conservative issues. [74] The Tea Party Patriots is officially neutral on social conservatism. [75] While social conservatism tends to emphasize community, faith and family as core values, the Tea Party Patriots identifies its core values as ...
The measure asks voters to change the California Constitution to enshrine a "fundamental right to marry" and remove language that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.