House Passes Continuing Funding Resolution; Defunds Obamacare

In a welcome change of events this week, the republican House of Representatives presented and passed a continuing resolution (CR) today that funds 100% of government....except Obamacare (Affordable Care Act).  This is after all indications showed that the republicans were unwilling to attempt this strategy to stop the job-killing and rights-restricting Obamacare program, and had [...]

By |2013-09-21T00:27:29-04:00September 21st, 2013|Featured Categories, Government, Healthcare|0 Comments

Bus Info for “Exempt America” Rally in DC, Sep. 10th!

Details for bus transportation to the "Exempt America" Rally in DC are finally here! 12:00-2:00 September 10th! Congress will be back in session. Send a message from their own back lawn! Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and others will help you put pressure on Congress to defund Obamacare NOW! Bus tickets and more info may be [...]

By |2013-09-06T12:27:41-04:00September 6th, 2013|Action Alerts, Featured Categories, Healthcare|1 Comment

Sep 4th “Cantor Encounter!” Press Release

Richmond, VA—The Richmond Tea Party announces the “Cantor Encounter!” event. This is a street demonstration outside Congressman Eric Cantor’s office, followed by a town hall. The event will be held September 4th. The Richmond Tea Party and fellow grass roots activists will be joined by Jenny Beth Martin, National Coordinator of Tea Party Patriots, L. [...]

Chesterfield Spending Taxpayer Dollars to Propagandize Residents on Meals Tax

[dropcap type="circle" color="#ffffff" background="#cf2121"]C[/dropcap]hesterfield residents: How do you feel about the county spending your tax dollars to market the proposed meals tax to you? Launching a new website to specifically sway the opinions of uninformed residents? ITS FOR THE CHILDREN, you see. What, you don't think that the county needs to tighten its belt during [...]

By |2013-08-26T22:14:07-04:00August 26th, 2013|Featured Categories, Government, Taxes|1 Comment

A Petition Worth Signing

RTP supporters: We're always wary of petitions, because the possibility of abuse (by harvesting your contact info) is always present. However, sometimes a petition will cross our paths that seems to have merit above the risk of sharing your info. One such petition is the call from Senators Cruz and Lee to defund Obamacare. The [...]

By |2013-08-13T23:13:50-04:00August 13th, 2013|Action Alerts, Featured Categories, Healthcare|0 Comments

“Runaway Slave” Movie Event with C.L. Bryant!

The Richmond Tea Party Minority Outreach Committee (MOAC) is pleased to announce a major event in Richmond! We will be bringing C.L. Bryant to Richmond on Thursday Sept. 5th for a special showing of his movie "Runaway Slave", with a town hall discussion to follow. Don't miss this unique opportunity to be a part of [...]

By |2013-08-13T00:21:25-04:00August 12th, 2013|Featured Categories, Tea Party|1 Comment

Executive Director Special Update – 8/11/13

[dropcap type="circle" color="#ffffff" background="#cf2121"]G[/dropcap]reetings Fellow Patriots! It’s “Crunch Time!” Senator Ted Cruz is calling for a grassroots army to rise up during this August recess, and rightly so. We have serious work to do.  We are facing two very serious issues…and we haven’t got much time. Let’s take a look at what we’re up against— [...]

By |2013-08-12T23:27:29-04:00August 11th, 2013|Featured Categories, Tea Party|1 Comment

‘Hands off My Healthcare’ Rally August 19th

Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is having a rally on August 19th to oppose any expansion of Medicaid in Virginia (and rights-reducing Obamacare, generally). Unfortunately for all VA taxpayers, expanding Medicaid will only result in higher taxes for all, once the federal government "sugar" runs out after the initial implementation. And let's state the obvious fact...all [...]

By |2013-08-18T19:07:52-04:00August 4th, 2013|Action Alerts, Featured Categories, Healthcare|5 Comments

Executive Director Update – 7/22/2013

Hello again, fellow Patriots! Another month, another round of activity! This month, the Richmond Tea Party has been active on several fronts, most notably with our participation in the “DC March for Jobs” rally in Washington. You can read the details in a separate article, but the end result of this successful event (our 2nd [...]

By |2013-08-12T23:32:22-04:00July 21st, 2013|Featured Categories, Tea Party|1 Comment

RTP Monthly Meeting – 7/25/13

Greetings Fellow Patriots! There will be a meeting of the Richmond Tea Party on Thursday, July 25th at 7 p.m. Agenda items include: Will update you on the past 30 days' events (there were many), and feature a Campaign & Elections Team presentation on how you fit in to the upcoming campaign season activities. Also, [...]

By |2013-07-21T22:13:36-04:00July 21st, 2013|Action Alerts, Featured Categories, Tea Party|0 Comments

“DC March for Jobs” Recap

RTP Rallies to Protest Amnesty and to Support the Rule of Law Last Monday, supporters of the Richmond Tea Party did it again! We loaded folks onto 2 buses and headed up the highway to Washington, D.C., this time to take part in the “DC March for Jobs.” The event was reminiscent of the anti-IRS [...]

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