Tea Party movement

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The Tea Party movement is a conservative American political movement that emerged in the late 2000s advocating limited government, lower taxes, and reduced public spending.

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instanceOf conservative movement
political movement
advocates limited government
lower taxes
reduced public spending
reduction of the federal budget deficit
reduction of the national debt
associatedWith FreedomWorks
Republican Party
Tea Party Express
Tea Party Patriots
communicationChannel cable news
social media
talk radio
country United States
demographicBase Republican-leaning voters
older voters
predominantly white voters
emergedInPeriod late 2000s
hasCriticism accusations of extremism
allegations of astroturfing
helpedElect Marco Rubio
Mike Lee
Rand Paul
ideology conservatism
fiscal conservatism
libertarian conservatism
inception 2009
influenced Republican Party platform
later right-wing populist movements in the United States
influencedElection 2010 United States midterm elections
inspiredByEvent 2008 bank bailouts
2008 financial crisis
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
notableEvent 9/12 March on Washington 2009
Tax Day protests of April 15, 2009
opposes Affordable Care Act
federal government expansion
high levels of government spending
tax increases
organizationalForm loosely organized grassroots movement
peakInfluencePeriod 2010–2012
policyFocus federal spending
health care policy
tax policy
position right-wing
slogan Taxed Enough Already
supports states' rights
strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution

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Freedom Caucus ideology Tea Party movement
Scott Walker supportedBy Tea Party movement
Herman Cain participatedIn Tea Party movement
Americans for Prosperity associatedWith Tea Party movement
Citizen Koch subject Tea Party movement
subject linked to: "Citizen Koch"
Raúl Labrador ideology Tea Party movement
Wall Street Republicans contrastedWith Tea Party Republicans
linked to: Tea Party movement
Michele Bachmann movement Tea Party movement
Gadsden flag associatedWith Tea Party movement
End the Fed associatedWith Tea Party movement
Tea Party Patriots movement Tea Party movement
Tea Party Patriots foundedAsPartOf Tea Party protests
linked to: Tea Party movement
FreedomWorks movement Tea Party movement
FreedomWorks supportedMovement Tea Party protests against taxes and spending
linked to: Tea Party movement
Rand Paul presidential campaign, 2016 notableSupportBase Tea Party movement activists
linked to: Tea Party movement