feb 19, 2009 - Tea Party Movement

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The Tea Party movement, was a political movement that advocated for less government, lower taxes, and the promotion of free-market ideals. Conservative politicians and media sources such as FOX News welcomed the Tea Party movement, using it to rally their supporters and promote their political aims. They created a message of conservatism in finance and limited government, claiming that the Obama administration was a danger to individual freedom. Liberal media sources slammed the Tea Party as an extremist organization, accusing it of bigotry and prejudice. They presented the movement as a danger to social safety and progressive principles, and warned that their policies would disproportionately affect working-class Americans.

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