Tea Party Movement Quotes

• If you look underneath the surface of the Tea Party movement, on the other hand, you will find that it is not sophisticated. It's not like these people have read the economist Friedrich August von Hayek.

  Karl Rove

  Party, Hands, August

  "'Obama Has Turned Out to Be an Utter Disaster'". Interview with Hans Hoyng, Marc Hujer, www.spiegel.de. October 19, 2010.

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• The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits to federal power that need to be respected.

  Mike Lee

  Party, Differences, Tea

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• The Republican Party would be really smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible.

  Sarah Palin

  Smart, Party, Tea

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• My political views have since I was a kid someway or another reflected the concerns of Tea Party movement.

  Mike Lee

  Party, Kids, Views

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• But to say that Sarah Palin and the tea party movement is responsible for vandalism or threats is just a way to dismiss the American people and, and their dissatisfaction with this health care bill.

  Laura Ingraham

  Party, People, Tea

  "Laura Ingraham Throws Down With Matt Lauer on Today". www.newsbusters.org. March 29, 2010.

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• 'Rage' is the word that most often attaches itself to the Tea Party movement, and it's true that, from the outside looking in, their public demonstrations appear to be more enraged than any political events in America since the race riots and anti-war protests of the 1960s.

  Jonathan Raban

  War, Party, Race Riots

  "Sipping with the Tea Party" by Jonathan Raban, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2010.

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• Washington is horribly broken. We are encountering a day of reckoning and this movement, this Tea Party movement, is a message to Washington that we're unhappy and that we want things done differently.

  Rand Paul

  Party, Broken, Tea

  "Paul thumps Grayson; Conway edges Mongiardo" by Jack Brammer, www.kentucky.com. May 19, 2010.

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• Tainting the Tea Party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for Democrats. There's no evidence that Tea Party adherence are any more racist than other Republicans and indeed many other Americans. But getting them to spend their time purging their ranks and having candidates distance themselves should help Democrats in November, having one's opponent rebut charges of racism is far better than discussing joblessness.

  Mary Frances Berry

  Distance, Party, Winning

  "Andrew Breitbart on 'Hannity': 'This Is Not About Shirley Sherrod'". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. July 20, 2010.

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• In America we need members of the Latino community to come to the Tea Party movement and enrich the Tea Party.

  Andrew Breitbart

  Party, America, Community

  Source: latinalista.com

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• But I think the - what the tea party movement demonstrates, and I think the, the, the enthusiasm that we're seeing from independents and Republicans, is that if Washington isn't going to change itself, then we're going to change Washington. And I think that's what we're seeing.

  John Cornyn

  Party, Thinking, Tea

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• Herman Cain is probably well liked by some of the Republicans because it hides the racist elements of the Republican Party. Conservative movement and tea party movement... People like Karl Rove liked to keep the racism very covert. And so Herman Cain provides this great opportunity say you can say ‘Look, this is not a racist, anti-immigrant, anti-female, anti-gay movement. Look we have a black man!'” Garofalo hypothesized. “Look he’s polling well and won a straw poll!

  Janeane Garofalo

  Stupid, Party, Gay

  "Janeane Garofalo To Keith Olbermann: ‘Herman Cain Hides The Racist Elements Of The Republican Party’" by James Crugnale, www.mediaite.com. September 29, 2011.

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• Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement.

  Dick Armey

  Mistake, Party, Player

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• Let us be clear about one thing: The tea party movement is not seeking a junior partnership with the Republican Party, but a hostile takeover of it.

  Matt Kibbe

  Party, Tea, Movement

  "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann, www.nbcnews.com. August 17, 2010.

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• It's really interesting that we've had this great Tea Party movement that is all about restoring free market capitalist values, but what they completely fail to understand is that what we've got now is a situation where there is a small class of gigantic financial companies that have put themselves above capitalism.

  Matt Taibbi

  Party, Class, Interesting

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• Our office corner has really become an area where the Tea party movement congregates and the rhetoric is really heated. Not just the calls but the e-mails, the slurs.

  Gabrielle Giffords

  Party, Office, Tea

  "'Politics in Arizona Have Become Fueled by Hate…Driven by Anger': Rep. Raúl Grijalva on Shooting of Giffords". "Daily Show", www.democracynow.org. January 10, 2011.

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• The reality of it is I think the GOP - Republicans and certainly conservatives - will partner with the Tea Party movement around this country.

  Michael Steele

  Country, Party, Reality

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• I think everyday people on the street who have never been affiliated with the tea party movement are alarmed with the spending and the debt that we have.

  Kristi Noem

  Party, Thinking, People

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