About
If you’re like us, you realize the Tea Party Movement didn’t start because of the events leading to the election of Barak Obama and a Democrat controlled House and Senate on November the 4th, 2008. We know for over 80 years there has been an effort to shift away from the values which the country was founded on and made this country exceptional. We also realize it will most likely take another 80 years to restore those American values.
Our goals:
1. Pass conservative values on to our family.
2. Engage other conservative in constructive dialogue.
3. Find and support conservative candidates, regardless of party affiliation.
4. Contact elected officials regularly to voice our position on issue.
The Beginning
The Tea Party protests, in their current form, began in early 2009 when Rick Santelli, the On Air Editor for CNBC, set out on a rant to expose the bankrupt liberal agenda of the White House Administration and Congress. Specifically, the flawed “Stimulus Bill” and pork filled budget.
During Rick’s rant (see video), he called for a “Chicago Tea Party” where advocates of the free-market system could join in a protest against out of control government spending.
A few days later, grassroots activists and average Joe Americans began organizing what would soon become the Nationwide Chicago Tea Party effort.
On February 27th, an estimated 30,000 Americans took to the street in 40+ cities across the country in the first nationwide “Tea Party” protest.
Organizers of the February 27th events pledged to continue on with an even bigger and better protest to follow the first. With April 15th being “Tax Day”, it was decided to schedule the second round of Tea Party protests to ride alongside the tax deadline.
The Tax Day Tea Party is a national collaborative grassroots effort organized by Smart Girl Politics, Top Conservatives on Twitter, the DontGo Movement and many other online groups/coalitions.