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Parent topics
- Tea Party movement [r]: A loose affiliation of various groups and individuals, typically strongly fiscally and often socially conservative, involved in the restructuring of the U.S. political right; especially critical of tax increases and increases in government spending. [e]
Subtopics
Personalities
- Keli Carender [r]: Seattle, Washington conservative activist who organized some of the first, if not the first, Tea Party movement rallies in February 2009 [e]
- Mark Meckler [r]: Originally a disk jockey, then a business attorney and Internet political enterpreneur in southern California; his firm, Opt-In Movement, worked for Republican causes including FreedomWorks; local Tea Party movement activist before co-founding Tea Party Patriots [e]
- Jenny Beth Martin [r]: Former Republican Party (United States) political consultant; cofounder and current CEO of Tea Party Patriots [e]
- Amy Kremer [r]: Cofounder of Tea Party Patriots, who left to become Director of Grassroots & Coalitions at Tea Party Express; her departure was acrimonious [e]
Opposing factions
- Tea Party Express [r]: Headed by Republican campaign consultant Sal Russo, faction of the Tea Party movement, named for the bus on which its activists travel, which has a website with virtually no information; it is vilified by Tea Party Patriots; ejected by Tea Party National Federation over alleged racist remarks [e]
- Tea Party Nation [r]: For-profit corporation that organized the February 2010 National Tea Party Convention, and runs a website with Tea Party Movement communications and sales of related materials [e]
Allied factions
- Freedomworks [r]: An American conservative group that trains and supports local activists, founded in 1984 by Dick Armey [e]
- Republican Party (United States) [r]: One of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; center-right; the elephant is its symbol. [e]