Tea Party

The Path to January 6 Ran Through the Obama-Era Tea Party

The closeness of the Oath Keepers militia group to the Tea Party movement was hardly a guarded secret in the 2010s. 

The Selective Appropriation of Christopher Gadsden's Famous Flag

by Jordan Baker

The Gadsden Flag originally symbolized the unity of the American colonies against oppression by the Crown and Parliament. It's an irony of history that the symbol has been adopted by some who reject centralized authority. 

How the Far Right Weaponized America’s Democratic Roots

by Joe Lowndes

By steering away from overt white nationalism, the far right is able to engage a politics of white innocence and portray themselves as heirs to America's revolutionary heritage.

The Forces That Stopped Obama’s Recovery Will Not Stop Biden’s

by Jonathan Chait

Has the bipartisan Washington elite preoccupation with budget deficits faded since the Obama Administration's troubled efforts to promote economic recovery in 2009? Will austerity wreck Biden's goals too? Jon Chait says that moment has passed. 

Right-Wing Protests Intensify over COVID Closures

by HNN Staff

The Michigan legislature has closed its session due to the threat of armed mobs at the state capitol. 

The Quiet Hand of Conservative Groups in the Anti-Lockdown Protests

Groups in a loose coalition have tapped their networks to drive up turnout at recent rallies in state capitals and financed lawsuits, polling and research to combat the stay-at-home orders.

What the Anti-Stay-At-Home Protests Are Really About

They’re part of a Trumpian strategy from some conservative groups to reshape public opinion.

Tea Party Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) says liberal historians have ignored the role of Anti-Federalist Founding Fathers

by Mike Lee

What the historians forget is "the essential truth that underlies a full understanding of the Constitution: the fact that nearly every founder shared a healthy skepticism of a large federal bureaucracy."

The Secret Origins of the Tea Party

by Jeff Nesbit

How big oil and big tobacco partnered with the Koch brothers to take over the GOP.

The Original Tea Partier Was an Atheist

by Matthew Stewart

Remembering America's forgotten founding father.

The South’s Lesson for the Tea Party

by Curtis Wilkie

We remember the dangers of nativism and populist rebellion.

Tea Party support linked to educational segregation, new study shows

"Acceptance or rejection of the Tea Party's views on the government's role in redistributing wealth is shaped, to a large degree, by the extent to which those who have benefited from higher education are set apart in their daily lives from those who have not."

Yale-educated history professor is Nebraska's GOP candidate for US Senate and a Tea Party conservative

by Heather Digby Parton

"Ben Sasse believes that our right to the free exercise of religion is co-equal to our right to life."--Ben Sasse website

The Tea Party's Weird Ideas About the Original Tea Party (Interview)

by Ron Formisano

The differences between the original Tea Party and the current Tea Party that borrows its name.

Why the Tea Party’s Hold Persists

by Theda Skocpol

Pundits keep predicting the Tea Party's demise, but it never sticks. Here's why.

The Anti-Jacksonians

by Sean Wilentz

Historical analogies are oft imperfect, and the Tea Party=Jacksonian Democrats meme is more imperfect than most.

Sorry, Tea Partyers: Religious Right Rooted in Radical Progressivism

by Ira Chernus

How quickly Christian evangelicals forget their movement has a long history of demanding government intervention.

The Decline of the Tea Party

by Bruce Bartlett

There are signs of a pushback.

Is The Tea Party Really All About Alger Hiss?

by Walter Russell Mead

Hiss is the quintessential liberal establishment elite (and closet communist).

The Tea Party’s Forebears Are a Movement of the Rich

by Eric Alterman

The Tea Party has roots that date back to the passage of the income tax amendment.