Hvem dannede basen for den te partiske politiske bevægelse?
David H. Koch
Tea Party movement
Bevægelsen begyndte efter Barack Obamas første præsidentindsættelse (i januar 2009), da hans administration annoncerede planer om at yde finansiel støtte til konkursramte boligejere. En vigtig drivkraft bag den var Americans for Prosperity (AFP), en konservativ politisk interesseorganisation, der er grundlagt af forretningsmanden og den politiske aktivist David H. Koch. Det er uklart, hvor mange penge der præcist er doneret til AFP af David og hans bror Charles Koch. Efter at CNBC-reporter Rick Santelli den 19. februar 2009 opfordrede CNBC-reporteren Rick Santelli til et "tea party" på gulvet på Chicago Mercantile Exchange, blev over 50 konservative aktivister via telefonmøde enige om at slutte sig sammen mod Obamas dagsorden og planlagde en række protester, herunder Skatteydernes march mod Washington i 2009. Tilhængere af bevægelsen har efterfølgende haft en stor indflydelse på det republikanske partis interne politik. Selv om Tea Party ikke er et parti i ordets klassiske forstand, tyder nogle undersøgelser på, at medlemmerne af Tea Party Caucus stemmer som et betydeligt længere højreorienteret tredjeparti i Kongressen.
David H. Koch
Tea Party movement
The movement began following Barack Obama's first presidential inauguration (in January 2009) when his administration announced plans to give financial aid to bankrupt homeowners. A major force behind it was Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a conservative political advocacy group founded by businessmen and political activist David H. Koch. It is unclear exactly how much money is donated to AFP by David and his brother Charles Koch. Following a February 19, 2009 call by CNBC reporter Rick Santelli on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for a "tea party," over fifty conservative activists agreed by conference call to coalesce against Obama's agenda and scheduled series of protests, including the 2009 Taxpayer March on Washington. Supporters of the movement subsequently have had a major impact on the internal politics of the Republican Party. Although the Tea Party is not a party in the classic sense of the word, some research suggests that members of the Tea Party Caucus vote like a significantly farther right third party in Congress.
Tea Party movement