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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Predicate Object
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 NERFINISHED
Republican Party NERFINISHED
Tea Party Express NERFINISHED
Tea Party Patriots NERFINISHED
communicationChannel cable news
social media
talk radio
country United States of America
surface form: United States
demographicBase Republican-leaning voters
older voters
predominantly white voters
emergedInPeriod late 2000s
hasCriticism accusations of extremism
allegations of astroturfing
helpedElect Marco Rubio NERFINISHED
Mike Lee NERFINISHED
Rand Paul NERFINISHED
ideology conservatism
fiscal conservatism
libertarian conservatism
inception 2009
influenced Republican Party platform NERFINISHED
later right-wing populist movements in the United States
influencedElection 2010 United States midterm elections NERFINISHED
inspiredByEvent 2008 bank bailouts
2008 financial crisis
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 NERFINISHED
notableEvent 9/12 March on Washington 2009 NERFINISHED
Tax Day protests of April 15, 2009 NERFINISHED
opposes Affordable Care Act NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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