Media Quote by Newt Gingrich

“The very fact that so many people are joining the Tea Party or becoming politically Independent suggests that people are less willing to be…

— Ben Carson

There are people who are genuinely upset in the Tea Party. I understand that. But that movement was funded with seed money from right-wing…

— Al Gore

The Tea Party is but one manifestation of a widening perception that the game is rigged in favor of the rich and powerful.

— Robert Reich

I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned…

— Jim DeMint

That's one of the things about the Tea Party people. They think corporations have too much influence in American life and they do.

— Howard Dean

The tea party had a lot of nasty tactics that were needlessly aggressive and petty and scary. But they proved it is indeed possible…

— Ezra G. Levin

People will remember that the Tea Party was co-opted and funded by billion-dollar corporations, and that it was supported by Fox News and other…

— Henry Rollins

“A loose definition of the Tea Party might be fifteen million pissed-off white people sent chasing after Mexicans on Medicaid by the small handful…

— Matt Taibbi

Every time the media brings up the tea party, it's painted as racist and extremists -- but there's never a backlash, no outrage to…

— Hank Williams, Jr

As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.

— Mark McKinnon

So, a lot of my supporters back home are members of the Tea Party.

— Kristi Noem

People are starting to notice the great divide. The Tea party sees the aloofness in a political elite that thinks it knows best and…

— Charles Murray