This seems to be a question that gets asked to us by people of all stripes and political backgrounds – “Is the Tea Party secretly funded by a political party (hence the frequently used Astroturf word) or other organization?” First off, if you are looking to gain employment or be privately funded by a political [...]
Yesterday I had the privilege of being a guest on the Jack Gravely show, the #2 radio talk show in the Richmond area. Mr. Gravely is a veteran broadcaster with over 15 years of experience and the former State Director of the NAACP. He was a great host who asked pointed and relevant questions about [...]
Richmond Tea Party will be on the Jack Gravely show on 990AM WLEE Wednesday, February 3, from 10:05-10:30am. It is a live call in radio show. Some questions they want to ask us are: What is the Tea Party movement really about, what do they believe and are they a tool for GOP? Is the [...]
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Here's a great video montage from the Lobby Day rally on January 18th at the Capitol. Virginia is clawing her way back to the Constitution, one bill at a time. Keep fighting!
The Lobby Day rally was mentioned by the Washington Post again, this time in the Express Night Out newsletter. There's not much content, but the article was a fair description of the events (except for the low attendance number, but we're all accustomed to that). We tried to locate the article online for posting/linking, but were [...]
There is big news regarding the two 10th Amendment bills being considered in the General Assembly, specifically HB10 (Virginia Healthcare Freedom Act) and HB69 (Virginia Firearms Freedom Act)! We learned today that: Delegate Joseph Johnson (D) from the 4th district has co-patroned both bills, and Senator Charles Colgan (D) from the 29th district has co-patroned HB10. [...]
Today those of us in the Tea Party movement experienced a moment in history as 2,300 people descended on the State Capitol, according to Capitol Police, in support of 10th Amendment legislation. The largest rally at the State Capitol in recent history, people came from all over the state by car, bus and caravan. The [...]
All of us volunteers here at RTP hope to see you all at the 10th Amendment Rally in less than 11 hours! We will start at 10am at the State Capitol Bell Tower. We have over 1,200 confirmed just through Richmond Tea Party. We are expecting 2-3K there and hope you are coming! We are [...]
With the democrats in full lockdown in their attempt to ram their health care "reform" down the throats of Americans, the call as gone out to contact key house and senate members. Take some time to email or call the house members below - even if they are not your representative. These people are voting [...]
Just wanted to give all of you an update that we have OVER 900 RSVPs to the 10th Amendment Rally this Monday, January 18th.
The RTP received an invitation recently to speak at the first 2010 meeting of the Goochland Republican Women's group (GRWG). We were asked to come and share with the group more about the Tea Party movement, what RTP did in 2009, what are plans are for 2010, and what are the concerns of the Tea Party [...]