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 ⓘ
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