Tea Party

The Tea Party was a conservative movement that began in 2009 and lasted about 5 years. Polls show that about 10% of voters participated. The goal was smaller government and lower taxes. The NY Times said the Party unleashed the "Politics of anger". There was little to no rioting, looting, burning or breaking into government buildings. The Party opposed Obamacare as they saw it as the first step to universal healthcare and most of the members had company health insurance which they would lose. The party is credited with the republicans taking back the house in 2010 with over 60 new members elected. The black lives matter movement received more positive press even though it brought on a lot of violence which is still going on nightly in places like Portland. The occupy Wall Street movement received similar positive coverage. For many in the press violence is OK when the cause is OK but they all say they are opposed to violence.