Blame Quote by Rick Santelli

“New Rule: Whenever you think the Tea Party can't get any dumber, they get dumber. Now they're in love with Donald Trump. Because nothing…

— Bill Maher

Well, first of all, I think that a lot of the voters who are voting for the tea party candidates have really good impulses.…

— William J. Clinton

It's tempting to remember that the Tea Party had a peak and then the Republican Party establishment sort of beat it back down. And…

— Mark Shields

Not all Republicans in the class of 2010 owe their seats to the Tea Party. But many do.

— Andrew Neil

The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.

— Jim DeMint

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

Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party,

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

The final thing the Tea Party had was, they fed into the philosophy that Donald Trump now embodies. So they had a different view…

— Mark Shields

I, my own damn self, am not a Tea Party supporter. I disagree with them on social liberties, our overseas wars, Obama's birthplace, Sarah…

— Penn Jillette

Remember the Tea Party movement didn't get started in September of 2008 when the bank bailout was passed. It really began on Feb. 19th,…

— Karl Rove

I do think a focus on fiscal restraint is a central element of the Tea Party, and thank goodness for it!

— Ken Cuccinelli

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