occupy democrats is a left-wing facebook page describing itself as a political organization based in the united states, founded in 2012 by twin brothers omar rivero and rafael rivero. the motto of the organization is to provide a "counterbalance to the republican tea party". on social media, occupy democrats was named the "most influential progressive facebook page" by crowdtangle in 2015 and by 2017 surpassed 7 million followers.