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Rick Santelli
The Tea party movement came about when Rick Santelli on February 12,2009 referenced the boston tea party for his response to Pres. barack Obama’s mortgage relief plan -
Proposed A Protest
Santelli stated that bailout would “subsidize the losers’ mortgages” he proposed a Chicago Tea Party to protest government intervention -
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Appearing on Social Media
Tea Party chapters began to appear around the U.S. like Facebook and other social medias to coordinate protests and events -
The meaning for the name
On April 15 was the deadline for filing Individual income tax returns , and people claimed that “tea” was an meaning for “Taxed Enough Already” -
First Action
The Tea Party’s first major action was a series of nationwide rallies , that had more than 250,000 people. -
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin resigned as governor of Alaska in July 2009, and she became apart of Tea party issues as a spokesperson -
Tea Partiers
In November 2009, people who supported the Tea Party Act “ Tea Partiers “ they had mobilized a Conservative Party Candidate Doug Hoffman , forcing the Republican candidate Dierdre Scozzafava from the race just days before the election -
Partiers influence again
In May 2010 the Partiers had its influence again by Rand Paul, winning the republican primary seat in the U.S. Senate -
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Won republican nominations
In 2010 dozens Of Tea Partiers affiliated candidates had won the Republican nominations for their respective U.S. Senate , House, and Gubernatorial races -
Mid Term Elections
The 2010 midterm elections saw the republicans gain approximately 60 seats to take control of the House and reduce the Democratic majority in the senate many people credited this performance to Tea Party -
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Karl Rove
"In December DeMint, one of the most visible faces of the Tea Party in the U.S. Senate, stepped down to become president of the Heritage which made analysts opined think that the Tea Party appeared to be a spent force which made Karl Rove create ( PAC) political action comitee whose goal was to prevent weak or unelectable candidates" -
A scandal
The divide between Republican establishment and the Tea Party threatened to " become an irreparable breach " which a scandal involving the (IRS) Internal Revenue Service who brought the two groups back together -
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Shutdown
later in 2013, Tea Partiers in the house and the senate showed their influence again when they used the threat of a government shutdown as a bargaining tool in their ongoing campaign against (PPACA) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -
Shutdown actually happening
" When Obama refused to discuss anything about the reopening of the government, the republican party vocally criticized the Tea Party and the tactics that led to a shutdown. More than 250 chambers of commerce and trade associations signed an open letter advocating the funding of the gov. As the shutdown was on the 3rd week The treasury department approached the limit of its borrowing power -
Declining
In 2014 the primary season began political fortunes of The Tea Party began to appear to be in decline