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To: Big Red Badger

Ron Paul was the origin. It was quickly co-opted by others.


126 posted on 12/04/2016 12:37:43 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Right versus left is no longer as relevant as Nationalist versus globalist.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

Ron Paul does indeed take credit for starting the Tea Party Movement.

In fact it was Santalli who got the ball rolling with this
“rant” on CNBC

CNBC’s Rick Santelli’s Chicago Tea Party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-Jw-5Kx8k

There were about 50 or so tea parties around the country a week or so later, one in Sacramento put on by FreeRepublic.com

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192573/posts

Which was the inspiration for the Tea Party Express.

The TPM really got legs after this Tea Party rally in Sacto.


142 posted on 12/04/2016 6:18:59 PM PST by Syncro (RIP Andrew Breitbart, The King of All Media)
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