www.virginiateapartypatriots.com For Immediate Release Tea Party/Patriot Movement in Virginia Raises the Stakes Date: January 7, 2010 (Richmond, VA) The Tea Party/Patriot movement in Virginia has gathered significant strength with the formation of the Virginia Tea Party Patriot Federation. The non-partisan Federation is a coalition of tea party and 9/12 grassroots groups in Virginia. The Virginia [...]
We are fighting for two 10th Amendment bills in the General Assembly in only 5 days. Want to be the most effective in helping get these passed? We have to work together as a team. Then please attend this training next Monday and don't forget to RSVP. It's FREE! Monday, January 11, 2010 6:30 – [...]
I came across an interesting memorandum that Congressman Eric Cantor put out yesterday. He seems to believe we can still kill the health control bill. Here is an excerpt: Millions of Americans have made clear their opposition to the Democrat take-over of our nation’s health care system. Together with my Whip Team, I have identified [...]
As Washington continues to steamroll our freedoms in its quest to control every aspect of our lives, members of the Richmond Tea Party continue to stand in united opposition, fighting for our constitutional rights. So far, we have focused on our federal representatives-petitioning, e-mailing, calling, faxing, protesting. And our actions have achieved a positive impact. [...]
Tune in for the State Sovereignty Podcast-this is critically important because these bills go before out Virginia General Assembly in one week! Tonight from 7 - 8PM EST Hosted by Norvell Rose, Patriot and 5 time Emmy Award winning producer and Karen Miner Hurd, Founder of the Hampton Roads Tea Party. The 10th Amendment is [...]
Talked to Conservative HQ (Richard Viguerie) and Virginia Concerned Women for America and they are interested in joining the coalition to support the 10th Amendment bills. American Family Radio has also stated they will run radio ads for the January 18 rally for the 10th Amendment bills. WRVA's Doc Thompson is very supportive and interviewed Delegate Bob Marshall [...]
Richmond Tea Party met with the Virginia Speaker of the House, Bill Howell, last week regarding our two federalism bills. The Speaker expressed support for both bills and assured us they would make it out of Committee in the House of Delegates. He was also encouraging that these would pass the House. The first bill, [...]
RTP had a booth at the Richmond Home Show where people could record short messages directly to their senators. What did they have to say?
RTP collected over 5,000 petition signatures against nationalized health care and we were unable to get a 5 minute meeting to present them to our legislator directly. See what 5,000 signatures looks like spread across a football field!
Richmond Tea Party had a contest where people could donate frozen turkeys for the Thanksgiving holiday to the local food shelters in honor of their biggest turkey in congress. See the results...
We can only be cautiously optimistic that Governor-elect McDonnell will live up to his ambitions to pursue 10th amendment issues, completely restructure state government, significantly cut spending, drill offshore, and not raise taxes. It is up to the tea party movement to keep McDonnell accountable to his campaign promises, so together we can ensure the success [...]
Virginia's attorney general joined the chorus with 12 other attorney generals across our nation to state that they believe the Ben Nelson bribe is unconstitutional. They are threatening to sue over this provision of the health care bill. "We believe this provision is constitutionally flawed," South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and the 12 other [...]