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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
[column col="1/2"]Well, there hasn't been much talk lately about "global warming", except in the context of trying to shutter America's coal industry. Perhaps this is because the scaremongering is unraveling, that folks are beginning to realize that the science and contemporary observation just simply doesn't support the theories/models for climate change. There's some very frank [...]
A review of a report from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce shows some sobering figures regarding the expected increases in health insurance premiums nationwide. All states are expected to see double-digit increases, but for Virginia, we're "lucky" enough to be expecting the largest minimum increase in the cost in premiums from across the [...]
Calling All Patriots! You Must Stop Amnesty Now! Join the DC March for Jobs in Washington, July 15th The Gang of 8 Amnesty Bill has passed the Senate, and is now in the House. We MUST stop this bill. If we don’t, millions will be put out of work, you will be saddled with Billions [...]
Photo: FoxNews Insider Greetings Fellow Patriots! This week, we celebrate some victories, and we face renewed challenges. Victories first! A little over a week ago, the Richmond Tea Party packed two charter buses with our Patriots and sent them straight into the “lion’s den.” Almost 150 of our supporters united with thousands of [...]
While in Africa Sunday, Obama pledged to redistribute $7B of taxpayer dollars to bolster the sub-Saharan electrical grid. All this while American workers are being furloughed/laid off, soldiers are waiting for healthcare, and we hear that the earth is about to crack in half because of the modest "sequester" reductions in the increase in [...]
Last week, supporters from the Richmond Tea Party made the trek to our Nation’s Capital for the “Audit the IRS” rally, sponsored by the nation-wide Tea Party Patriots organization. The outrageous IRS targeting of Tea Party groups, including ours, created a surge of resentment among liberty-minded citizens across the country. Here, in Richmond, sentiment ran [...]
Press release from the ACLJ, who is representing RTP's interests in the IRS lawsuit: ACLJ Now Represents 41 Conservative Groups in Federal Lawsuit Against IRS (Washington, DC) - The American Center for Law and Justice today filed an amended lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C. – adding an additional 16 Tea Party [...]
Audit the IRS Rally Washington DC Wednesday, June 19th The National Tea Party Patriots organization is holding a rally, 12-3 p.m. on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. We are looking into chartering a bus for the rally in DC (see below). We can get a coach bus, leaving at 8:00 a.m., returning [...]
