On September 12, 2009, thousands of protesters participate in the “Taxpayer March on Washington,” one of the earliest and biggest Tea Party movement events. Marchers in the nation’s capital clogged streets near the Capitol, railing against President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform proposals, federal spending, taxes and support for women’s reproductive rights, among other issues.
Organizers touted the protest as the largest outpouring of political conservatives. Estimates of the number of protesters varied wildly, from 75,000 to more than one million. No official crowd estimates were issued. The event was widely promoted on blogs, TV and talk radio. The Wall Street Journal reported organizers believed protesters came from all 50 states.
Simultaneous protests were held in Denver, Dallas and elsewhere.
Marchers in Washington waved American flags and held signs that read “Go Green Recycle Congress,” “Please wake up and save America,” “Obama Bin Lyin’” and “We The People.” Referring to the president’s healthcare plan, protesters used slogans such as “Obamacare makes me sick” and “I’m not your ATM.”
Republican politicians largely embraced the event. “The coming weeks and months may well set the course for this nation for a generation,” said Indiana Representative Mike Pence, the No. 3 GOP leader. Pence served as President Donald Trump’s vice president from 2016-2020.
Later, on November 5, 2009, several thousand Tea Party Movement protesters rallied in Washington against healthcare reform. In Washington on March 24, 2012, several hundred Tea Party activists called on the U.S. Supreme Court to repeal Obamacare, which did not happen.
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My wife and I were there. Good times.
It was one hell of an idea.
From the Fed US debt data:
Oct 2009 $12,311,349
Aug 2022 $30,936,075 plus $6.2T = ~$37T
Q- How did that work out?
A – Glad I voted Repub these past 12 years/ sarc.
I was worried about Hillary winning, she would increase the debt. I did a simple forecast back in 2016 that we would have $32T after 8 years of Hillary. It turned out to be much worse.
The GOP is on-board with big government. Call it compassionate conservatism, big government conservatism, whatever you like. They are just fine with all of it.
They are also ok with never-ending war (aka neo-con foreign policy), and governing via never-ending emergency. One after the other. There’s always a new crisis to justify big government, never-ending war, and stealing more and more of people’s liberty and property.
The GOP is on board with it all.
The neocons — call it what it is — the ZOG — control both parties … that’s why there’s no difference between them in the aggregate.
Sure, individual members of the Republican Party try to push a worthwhile agenda — but they’re lost in the shuffle by the overwhelming majority that doesn’t dare go against the ZOG.
I took part in the 2009 Continental Congress, kinda spearheaded by Bob Shultz from We the People Foundation (he was in Aaron Russo’s classic documentary ‘America: Freedom to Fascism’. Time flies.
No mention of Ron Paul or his founding role in the Tea Party movement. Why am I not surprised?
A few months later in history:
Tea Party is completely subdued into “moar government will fix this!”