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Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin became the unoffical spokesperson of the movement -
Bill Owens
The movement caused this democrat to win in New York's 23rd congressional district seat. -
Social media
Before the tea party was a real organization, Keli Careneder relied on blogging and social media to get people to go to a protest about the government economical package. -
The catalyst of "The Tea Party Movement"
Rick Santilli brought up the Tea Party idea in response to Obama's mortgage relief plan -
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Tea party movement
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Chicago tea party
A nationwide protest was held in 40 cities. -
First major action
In mid April, the first series of nationwide rallies began -
Jim Demint
Jim DeMint, the most visible face in the movement, stepped down. -
Tea party express
A bus that drove across the country spreading the movements message. -
Sarah Palin Convention
The tea party kicked off its first national convention -
Tea party becomes not peaceful
Police and fbi had found a severed gasoline at a Democrat lawmakers brothers house. -
Affordable care and patent protection act
over 40 people had crammed into a small cafe after Barak Obama had passed the laws "affordable care and patent protection act" -
Tea party gets control
Preparing for the second annual tax-day protest they had told their supporters to only come for the tea party because other issues wasn't what the tea party was about. -
Joe Miller and Lisa Murkowski
Joe miller lost his Alaskan senate seat to write in candate Lisa Murkowski. -
Joe Walsh and Tammy Duckworth
Joe Walsh, a tea party member, lost his Illinois representative seat to democrat Tammy Duckworth in the 2012 elections. -
Tea party elections
In 2012, 12 representatives for the movement were elected to office. -
Election
The tea party movement went inactive after the election -
Internal revenue service
New York times and associates press reported that the internal revenue service flagged Tea Party groups and other conservative groups for review of their applications for tax-exempt status during the 2012 election. -
John Boehner
John Boehner, the house speaker, resigned. -
Low support
The tea party had its lowest support due to dissatisfaction with the GOP establishment -
Official end
The movement officially ended because of the two-year budget deal in mid 2019.
