Tea Party movement
Conservative fiscal uprising
The Tea Party movement was a conservative political movement that emerged in the United States around 2009, opposing government spending, taxation, and the Obama administration's policies.
The name invokes the Boston Tea Party of 1773, casting members as patriotic resisters of government overreach.
Tea Party activists pushed the Republican Party rightward on fiscal issues and helped elect numerous congressional candidates in 2010.
The movement's influence waned after 2016 but reshaped American conservative politics.
Officially bounded political authority
- constitutionalismGovernance bound by fundamental laws
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
- individual libertyOne's own protected rights
deregulation · Tenth Amendment · Founding Fathers · federalism · personal responsibility · freedom · privatization · self-reliance
GOP party member
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
- GOPRepublican Party acronym
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
- midtermsExams at semester's center
candidates · primaries · caucus · elections · incumbents · establishment · Sarah Palin · Ted Cruz
Compulsory government revenue collection
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- deficitAmount still owed
- debtMoney owed another
- bailoutsEmergency financial interventions
stimulus · budget · austerity · entitlements · earmarks · pork barrel · balanced budget · federal reserve
Gathers or recovers
- protestsPublic expressions of opposition
- activismDirect effort for reform
- organizingSystematically putting in order
- volunteersUnpaid willing workers
townhalls · meetups · petitions · demonstrations · door-to-door · mobilization · campaigns · coalition
limited government
Officially bounded political authority
- constitutionalismGovernance bound by fundamental laws
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
- states' rightsProvincial governmental autonomy
individual liberty · deregulation · Tenth Amendment · Founding Fathers · federalism · personal responsibility · freedom · privatization · self-reliance · gun rights
Republican
GOP party member
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
- GOPRepublican Party acronym
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
midterms · candidates · primaries · caucus · elections · incumbents · establishment · Sarah Palin · Ted Cruz · Rand Paul
taxation
Compulsory government revenue collection
bailouts · stimulus · budget · austerity · entitlements · earmarks · pork barrel · balanced budget · federal reserve · monetary policy
rallies
Gathers or recovers
- protestsPublic expressions of opposition
- activismDirect effort for reform
- organizingSystematically putting in order
volunteers · townhalls · meetups · petitions · demonstrations · door-to-door · mobilization · campaigns · coalition · networking
- Obama EraBarack Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act
- protestsprotest, demonstration, protest march, demonstrations, rallies
Tea Party movementOccupy Wall Street
2011 anti-inequality protest movement
progressive movement · Black Lives Matter · labor movement · ACLU
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