Sentences with phrase «tea party movement say»

«ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)- Opponents of the fiscally conservative tea party movement say they plan to infiltrate and dismantle the political group by trying to make its members appear to be racist, homophobic and moronic.»

About half of the Americans who identify as part of the Tea Party movement say they are also part of the religious right or conservative Christian movement, according to a survey released last year by the Public Religion Research Institute.

Not exact matches

«Elimination of caucuses and conventions would mean nuclear war with the grassroots, social conservatives, the Ron Paul movement and Tea Party Republicans,» said John Tate, a senior Paul advisor who now runs the Campaign For Liberty, a libertarian grassroots lobbying group.

Fifty - seven percent of respondents said the the Tea Party does not share their values, compared to a statistically equal 56 % of respondents who indicated the same about the Occupy movement.

Twenty - nine percent of Americans say the Occupy Wall Street movement shares their values, the same proportion who say Tea Party shares their values, the survey found.

That was a typo; I meant to say that liberals would NOT call him a crazy conservative; Jesus had more in common with the Occupy movement, say, that the Tea Party.

An August 2010 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that nearly half of Tea Party supporters (46 %) had not heard of or did not have an opinion about «the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right»; 42 % said they agree with the conservative Christian movement and roughly one - in - ten (11 %) said they disagree (based on registered voters).

Fact: Among Americans who consider themselves a part of the Tea Party movement, nearly half (47 percent) say they consider themselves to be part of the religious right or conservative Christian movement.

Townsend offers a rebuttal saying that he also has support from the Tea Party movement.

Former President Clinton gave an extended interview to Yahoo! News and the Huffington Post in which he warned that the Tea Party movement can not be ignored, saying: «If it's about apathy on our side, anger on their side, we can't win that race.»

When asked if the Tea Party movement would help or hurt Republicans in the 2012 elections, 53 % of Republicans said they see the Tea Party as a political plus.

(Remember that Paladino initially said he wouldn't stay in and be a spoiler, but then amended that to leave his options open, saying he had been urged to do so by supporters in the Tea Party movement).

Angle, a Tea Party - backed candidate who lost to Democrat and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the 2010 election, said in a statement posted on her Facebook page, «The tea party movement stood with me through a hard fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.&raqTea Party - backed candidate who lost to Democrat and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the 2010 election, said in a statement posted on her Facebook page, «The tea party movement stood with me through a hard fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.&rParty - backed candidate who lost to Democrat and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the 2010 election, said in a statement posted on her Facebook page, «The tea party movement stood with me through a hard fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.&raqtea party movement stood with me through a hard fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.&rparty movement stood with me through a hard fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.»

(CNN)- Newt Gingrich is a one - state wonder who is unlikely to play out as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney sought by some tea party activists, one of the movement's driving forces said Sunday.

Reeher says these events do mirror the tea party movement.

Even right - leaning Rasmussen poll says Tea Party movement has lost much of its popularity Utica Observer Dispatch

Even right - leaning Rasmussen poll says Tea Party movement has lost much of its popularity Rockford Register - Star

«I'm not going to try and tie him to Carl Paladino or anyone else or the Tea Party movement,» said Rep. Mike Arcuri of his GOP opponent, Richard Hanna, who is poised to be endorsed by Rudy Giuliani today.

Weprin then went on to say Turner «admires the leaders of the Tea Party movement,» which he said is in line with Turner's views on not raising taxes on the mega-rich and multinational corporations.

[43][44] Scozzafava also drew strong opposition from the Tea Party movement, with national Tea Party leader Michael Johns saying that his opposition to Scozzafava «was the first time in my 25 - year political and policy career that I ever opposed a Republican candidate.»

Washington (CNN)-- The nation's largest tea party political action committee is planning a major push this September for Mitt Romney and other Republicans with what will be their «longest» cross country bus tour since the movement began in 2009, the group said Wednesday.

Saying the conservative grassroots movement is «now the most potent force in Republican politics» and pointing out Rep. Pete Sessions, chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee, and Rep. Mike Pence, chairman of the House Republican Conference, are both members of the new House Tea Party Caucus, DNC chairman Tim Kaine said «the Republican Party agenda has become the Tea Party agenda and vice versa.»

(CNN)- Tea Party activists marked Tax Day with a high - profile rally in Washington, DC, and other protests across the country, but President Obama says the anti-tax movement actually owes him a thank you.

«This is about offering solutions and alternatives,» Long said, praising Carl Paladino's team of Roger Stone, Michael Caputo and Tony Fabrizio but saying the candidate himself is «renting» the tea party movement.

A spokesman for Turner said the candidate has not endorsed Paladino, who won last week's Republican primary, has been cheered by the Tea Party movement and is running against Democratic state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.

Cardinale said he's concerned that Sanders candidacy, and the animosity directed by some of his supporters towards party stalwarts like Clinton, could signal the emergence of the Democrats own «Tea Party» moveparty stalwarts like Clinton, could signal the emergence of the Democrats own «Tea Party» moveParty» movement.

Ball said opposition to the technique was a cause that bridges the gap between environmentalists in the Occupy Wall Street movement and property - rights enthusiasts in the tea party.

Busch is backed by local affiliates of the Tea Party movement, something McEneny said has nothing to do with his pledge to quit.

For his part, Minnesota's Republican governor said he was glad to have the Tea Party movement affiliated with the GOP, despite its potential pitfalls.

Republicans who agree with the Tea Party movement are much more likely than other Republicans to say that there is no solid evidence that the earth's temperature has been rising.