Tea Party Patriots is an organization with members across the nation.[69] The group proclaims itself to be the “Official Home of the Tea Party Movement. [70] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement The National Tea Party Federation was formed on April 8, 2010 by several leaders in the Tea Party movement to help spread its message and to respond to critics with a quick, unified response.[71] Missing from the announcement was Tea Party Patriots, the best organized online network of local tea party groups. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/08/nation/la-na-tea-federation9-2010apr09
The Tea Party Glossary - two pages: KEY TEA PARTY ORGANIZATIONS (IN THEIR APPROXIMATE ORDER OF IMPORTANCE)
1) Tea Party Patriots – Calling itself the “official grassroots American movement,” Tea Party Patriots was one of the first online networks that allowed tea party groups around the country to have a web presence and connect with each other. It now claims 15 million contacts and 1,000 local organizations, and while cautiously disavowing any attempt to control its member groups, is often seen as the movement headquarters.
2) Tea Party Express – The 9/12 protest in Washington was heralded by a highly-publicized caravan of buses that wound its way across the country, holding 34 rallies along the way. The organizer, Tea Party Express. Tea Party Express is funded by Our Country Deserves Better PAC. Tea Party Patriots repudiated the group in October for its GOP-centric leadership as well as the PAC’s support of Republican candidates.
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