Sentences with phrase «tea party activists organized»

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A few days later, grassroots activists and average Joe Americans began organizing what would soon become the Nationwide Chicago Tea Party effort.

While the net has certainly enabled lots of local grassroots organizing, and the Tea Party activists are definitely using the available technology to create a very decentralized and interesting network, the available data suggests that there may be only around 75,000 to 250,000 Tea Party online activists, a far cry from the seven - figure numbers we often hear floated.

In reality, the mushrooming protests have been organized similarly to the very first tea party rallies, by novice political activists (some with campaign experience) getting permits or crowdsourcing their tactics.

And the American Conservative Union, which organizes the annual conference, announced Thursday that Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who was elected to the Senate in 2010 with strong support from tea party activists, will give an address at the event.