Defeat Quote by Rush Limbaugh

The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.

— Jim DeMint

The most misreported and misunderstood thing about the tea party is its political leanings. The tea party has no political leaning. It stands straight…

— Dana Loesch

The beauty of the tea party movement is that it is independent and thus a true check and balance of the Republican and Democrat…

— Dana Loesch

The Tea Party is almost solely grassroots-based; business interests have almost no grassroots organization. The Republican Party has for too long been run on…

— Ben Shapiro

The tea party movement has challenged the GOP to get back on track or risk losing its grip on the right wing. It's reminded…

— Dana Loesch

The Tea Party in the United States' biggest fight is with the the Republican establishment, which is really a collection of crony capitalists that…

— Steve Bannon

First of all, just because the Tea Party people appear to be generally uneducated, ignorant about the political process, ignorant about economics, confused about…

— Steven Van Zandt

The Republican Party was just as scared of the Tea Party as the Democrats were. We just didn't know it at the time.

— Rush Limbaugh

“The Tea Party is a fitting representation of our era of no-debate, politically correct politics, where each political side has its own media, and…

— Juan Williams

Most people in the Tea Party are nice, but that hasn't stopped liberals from hating them.

— Ann Coulter

I think part of the reason the Tea Party has resonated is that people feel disempowered. The Tea Party says, "You are out of…

— Zephyr Teachout

Democrats cannot win elections without capturing the votes of independent-minded swing voters. And that is where writing off the Tea Party as a bunch…

— Juan Williams