Today's Tea Party
Tens of thousands of conservative grassroots activists, or “Tea Party” members, descended on Capitol Hill in October 2009 to protest the runaway growth of government spending. Crowds from all 50 states filled nearly every pocket of the west lawn of the Capitol. The gathering was largely peaceful, but it helped fuel hundreds of rallies that have rocked primaries and rattled both Democratic and GOP politicians.
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