Tea Party movement
American fiscally conservative political movement
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| 2021 | Tea Party Patriots was listed among 11 groups on the website of the 'March to Save America', the pro-Trump rally that preceded the storming of the United States Capitol. |
| 2021 | Coffee Party USA formally closed as an organization and assigned its assets to Bridge Alliance Education Fund, while continuing social media activity. |
| January 6 2021 | Remnants of the Tea Party movement were identified among participants in the United States Capitol attack. |
| 2020 | Richard Uihlein, CEO of Uline, donated $4.3 million to the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund political action committee over the five years leading up to this point. |
| July 27 2020 | Tea Party Patriots hosted and funded a press conference in Washington, D.C. featuring 'America's Frontline Doctors', where the group promoted misleading medical advice about the COVID-19 pandemic. The video was widely shared before being removed by social media platforms for spreading misinformation. |
| 2019 | CNBC reports that the conservative wing of the Republican Party has largely abandoned the Tea Party label. |
| October 25 2017 | The Trump Administration settled the Linchpins of Liberty v. United States case, with the IRS issuing a formal apology for singling out conservative groups for aggressive scrutiny. |
| 2016 | Donald Trump was elected as the U.S. president, which some commentators argued was the culmination of the Tea Party movement's anti-establishment sentiment. |
| 2016 | Politico reports the Tea Party movement has effectively died, with its ideas being absorbed into the mainstream Republican Party. |
| January 2016 | In a CNN poll at the start of the Republican primary, Trump led among self-identified Tea Party voters with 37% support, slightly ahead of Ted Cruz's 34%. |
| 2015 | A study found that racial resentment was one of the strongest predictors for Tea Party Movement membership, contrasting with previous research. |
| 2015 | Matt Bevin, a Tea Party favorite, wins the Kentucky gubernatorial election with over 52% of the vote, becoming only the second Republican governor of Kentucky in 44 years. |
| October 2015 | After a two-year investigation, the Justice Department announced finding no evidence of criminal misconduct in the IRS targeting of conservative groups. |
| August 2015 | Donald Trump praised the Tea Party movement at a gathering in Nashville, describing Tea Party supporters as 'incredible people who work hard and love the country'. |
| 2014 | The Washington Post reported that Tea Party Patriots president Jenny Beth Martin was receiving two salaries from the organization: a $15,000 monthly strategic consulting fee and a $272,000 annual presidential salary, totaling over $450,000 in annual compensation. |
| 2014 | Gallup polling continued to track Tea Party support, showing fluctuations between 21% and 30% of people identifying as opponents of the movement. |
| 2014 | Tea Party makes significant gains in Texas elections, with Dan Patrick elected as Lieutenant Governor and Ken Paxton elected as Attorney General. |
| 2014 | Concluded a five-year period of consistent and focused activism against the PPACA, with efforts centered on pushing for Congressional victories to potentially repeal the law. |
| November 2014 | Tim Scott becomes the first African-American U.S. Senator from the South since the reconstruction era, winning the South Carolina seat formerly held by Jim DeMint. |
| June 2014 | Dave Brat unseats sitting GOP House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a grassroots conservative campaign emphasizing fiscal restraint. |
| January 2014 | AP/GfK survey shows only 27% of respondents consider themselves Tea Party supporters, with 67% stating they do not. |
| 2013 | A Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) survey found that 61% of identified libertarians did not consider themselves part of the Tea Party movement. |
| 2013 | Then-Speaker John Boehner publicly criticized Tea Party-connected politicians during the U.S. debt ceiling crisis, stating they had 'lost all credibility'. |
| October 2013 | Pew Research Center poll reveals partisan divide: 69% of Democrats have an unfavorable view of the Tea Party, compared to 49% of independents and 27% of Republicans. |
| October 2013 | Rasmussen Reports poll finds 42% of respondents identify with the Tea Party, with 30% viewing the movement favorably and 50% unfavorably. |
| October 2013 | CNN/ORC poll indicates 28% of Americans view the Tea Party favorably, while 56% view it unfavorably. |
| May 2013 | The Associated Press and The New York Times reported that the IRS flagged Tea Party and conservative groups for review of their tax-exempt status applications during the 2012 election. |
| 2012 | Tea Party's involvement in the GOP presidential primaries was minimal, with limited endorsement and enthusiasm for candidates. |
| 2012 | Surveys of Republican primary voters in the South revealed that Tea Party supporters were not primarily motivated by racial animosity, but showed a strong correlation with religious evangelicalism. |
| 2012 | The Tea Party had minimal involvement in the GOP presidential primaries due to internal divisions and lack of candidate enthusiasm. |
| 2012 | Tea Party candidates experience reduced success, winning only 4 of 16 Senate races and losing approximately 20% of the House seats gained in 2010. Michele Bachmann, Tea Party Caucus founder, is re-elected to the House by a narrow margin. |
| 2012 | After losing seats in Congress and the Presidency, Tea Party groups begin working at the state level to nullify the federal health care reform law. |
| July 16 2012 | The Tea Party Congressional Caucus became defunct, marking the end of its official congressional representation. |
| April 2012 | Rasmussen Reports conducted a poll revealing 44% of likely U.S. voters held a somewhat favorable view of Tea Party activists, while 49% had an unfavorable opinion. Additionally, 53% of Republicans viewed the Tea Party as potentially beneficial for their electoral prospects in the 2012 elections. |
| March 2012 | IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testified before Congress, denying that Tea Party groups were being targeted based on their political views. |
| 2011 | Mother Jones magazine investigated Tea Party Patriots, alleging the organization was using its 501(c)(4) status to avoid disclosing expenditures to the IRS and local contributors. The investigation revealed that local groups questioning the organization's expenses were removed and threatened with legal action. |
| 2011 | A Pew poll revealed that 29% of respondents believed Congressional Tea Party supporters had a negative effect, compared to 22% viewing their impact positively. Those who closely followed the debt ceiling debate held more negative views about the Tea Party. |
| 2011 | Following the mid-2011 debt ceiling crisis, public opinion polls showed a decline in support for the Tea Party movement. Multiple polls indicated increasing disapproval, with Gallup reporting 28% of adults disapproving compared to 25% approving. |
| 2011 | The Tea Party movement launched the Tea Party Review, a monthly magazine. |
| 2011 | Follow-up survey by Campbell and Putnam revealed Tea Party supporters were predominantly partisan Republicans who were politically active before the movement's emergence. |
| 2011 | Walter Russell Mead publishes an essay in Foreign Affairs analyzing the Tea Party movement's foreign policy views, highlighting the division between 'Paulites' and 'Palinites'. |
| November 2011 | The New York Times reported a sharp decline in Tea Party support, even in traditionally strong regions. |
| September 23 2011 | CNN/ORC poll found the Tea Party's favorable/unfavorable ratio at 28% versus 53%. |
| August 2011 | CBS News/New York Times poll revealed a shift in public opinion, with 20% having a favorable view of the Tea Party and 40% having an unfavorable view. |
| April 15 2011 | Sarah Palin keynoted a Tea Party Tax Day protest at the state capital in Madison, Wisconsin, crediting President Barack Obama as the 'inspiration' for the Tea Party movement. |
| February 25 2011 | Tea Party Students organized the 1st National Tea Party Students Conference in Phoenix, hosted by Tea Party Patriots at its American Policy Summit, featuring sessions with various student organizations. |
| January 2011 | USA Today/Gallup poll indicated approximately 70% of adults, including 9 out of 10 Republicans, thought Republican leaders should consider Tea Party ideas. |
| 2010 | Media coverage disparity highlighted: A Tea Party protest was covered 59 times more than the US Social Forum, despite the Social Forum having 25 times more attendees (600 Tea Party vs. at least 15,000 for Social Forum). |
| 2010 | California Proposition 23, supported by the Tea Party movement to suspend the Global Warming Solutions Act, failed to pass with less than 40% of votes in favor. |
| 2010 | USA Today characterizes the Tea Party as more of a 'frustrated state of mind' than a traditional political movement, highlighting its distinctive demographic and ideological characteristics. |
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