Candidate Quote by Tim Scott

I don't think I would be characterized as a Tea Party candidate; I would be characterized as the most effective candidate.

— Matt Rosendale

The Tea Party isolated Mitt Romney from mainstream voters, linking him to a rabid ideology that he could not shake as he desperately tried…

— Eliot Spitzer

Most Tea Party activists consider Obama a big-spending liberal. Some even question his eligibility to be president.

— Ron Fournier

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

My presence in the social media and on the Internet is much bigger than many of the other candidates, including Mitt Romney. So, when…

— Herman Cain

“He was an early Tea Party follower, one of the most conservative of conservative members.”

— Stan Schatt

Texas Senator Ted Cruz is seen as a figurehead for Tea Party conservatives.

— Harry Enten

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

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

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

The Tea Party is simply a loose description of local activism driven by Americans who want smaller government and more self-reliance. That sounds like…

— Bill O'Reilly

“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