number of the Tax Day rally in 2010 was 57,845 (Messamore 2010). The Tea Party still exercised its influence in the support or concern to the movement 2012 elections. Citizens’ declined in 2013 and 2014, according to public opinion surveys. The chief goal of the Tea Party is, in a nutshell, to downsize the federal government. ‘Tea’ in the name of the movement is said to be the acronym of and the ‘taxed enough already,’ ‘Tea was it brings to mind the original American Party’ symbolism “a perfect rallying point since colonial rebels opposing tyranny by tossing chests of tea into (Skocpol and Boston Harbor” Williamson 2012, p. 7). The speech made by Santelli spoke to adoration for freedom and patriotic sentiment of the U.S. citizens. Santelli many of you people want to exclaimed: “[h]ow pay for that has an extra bathroom and pay their and your neighbor’s mortgage can’t bills?,” “If you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson, what we’re doing in this country now is making them roll over in their Such a narrative was seen in graves.” protest events with expressions such as take back the the Tea Party wants is to ‘to country.’ What downsize the federal government and to expand freedom of citizens. The goals of the Tea Party include reducing taxes, slashing public spending, curbing public sector unions, and clearing away regulations on business. Participants in the movement also supported policing immigrants, safeguarding Second Amendment gun rights, and promoting pro-life and traditional family values. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009, and the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act, signed into law on March 23, 2010, were opposed by most Tea Party members (Skocpol and Williamson 2012). Zernike (2011) writes that the participants put more focus on economic issues than on social issues.
number of the Tax Day rally in 2010 was 57,845 (Messamore 2010). The Tea Party still exercised its influence in the 2012 elections. Citizens’ support or concern to the movement declined in 2013 and 2014, according to public opinion surveys. The chief goal of the Tea Party is, in a nutshell, to downsize the federal government. ‘Tea’ in the name of the movement is said to be the acronym of ‘taxed enough already,’ and the ‘Tea Party’ symbolism was “a perfect rallying point since it brings to mind the original American colonial rebels opposing tyranny by tossing chests of tea into Boston Harbor” (Skocpol and Williamson 2012, p. 7). The speech made by Santelli spoke to adoration for freedom and patriotic sentiment of the U.S. citizens. Santelli exclaimed: “[h]ow many of you people want to pay for your neighbor’s mortgage that has an extra bathroom and can’t pay their bills?,” and “If you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson, what we’re doing in this country now is making them roll over in their graves.” Such a narrative was seen in protest events with expressions such as ‘to take back the country.’ What the Tea Party wants is to downsize the federal government and to expand freedom of citizens. The goals of the Tea Party include reducing taxes, slashing public spending, curbing public sector unions, and clearing away regulations on business. Participants in the movement also supported policing immigrants, safeguarding Second Amendment gun rights, and promoting pro-life and traditional family values. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009, and the Affordable Care and Patient Protection Act, signed into law on March 23, 2010, were opposed by most Tea Party members (Skocpol and Williamson 2012). Zernike (2011) writes that the participants put more focus on economic issues than on social issues.
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