Did you know that of the 60 million committed Christians in America only 30 million vote in any given election? That’s sad. And it must change. Christians largely support small government, yet far too many of them remain on the sidelines as their government grows bigger, infringing on more and more of their religious liberties. [...]
Obviously, the lame-stream media still can’t figure out the TP. Are we a positive force for positive change, representing a formerly dormant large swath of Americans? Or are we a group of stick-in-the-mud non-compromisers who will insist on “Our way or the highway”? With Cruz victory in Texas, is the Tea Party the new 'Establishment?' [...]
Today, the executive committee of the Virginia TEA Party Patriot Federation endorsed Jamie Radtke for the US Senate. "Jamie understands that the proper role of government is to protect life, liberty, and property," the committee stated in its release. They urged everyone to vote for Radtke in the GOP primary next Tuesday, June 12.
The following is a guest post by Cynthia Howerter, a new volunteer for Richmond Tea Party. This post originally ran May 7, 2012 on her blog, SOAR WITH EAGLES. She wrote it and e-mailed it around, knowing that if we don't gather enough people to stand against an out-of-control government NOW, we will soon no [...]
This is a post I wrote that ran today on Broadside Books. Please share it with all the young people you know, especially those who don't understand the massive challenges they are about to inherit. ---- You have the most incentive of anyone to not only join the Tea Party movement, but become its most [...]
An excerpt from my op-ed "Tea Party Rebels" that ran in Tea Party Brief over the weekend: With Big-Government progressives taking over virtually every facet of American influence, including both major political parties, they have dramatically expanded the power of government at all levels. As a result, the Left now embodies everything they once despised [...]
From my recent column in the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Last August, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Cal., said, "As far as I'm concerned, the Tea Party can go straight to Hell … and I intend to help them get there." As a leader in the Tea Party movement, and someone who happens to be a Christian with an [...]
Yes, we are! Below is an excerpt from Sunday's Richmond Times Dispatch: Tea Party is Still Stirring by John Pride .. * * * * *We are focused on liberty as the core issue of the 2012 elections. Our annual Richmond Tea Party event has been planned to make that point, with Celebrate Liberty [...]
Christianity Today spent a few days with Richmond Tea Party's own Emmett Bailey (Minority Outreach Committee volunteer) to find out why his faith drives him to serve the Tea Party movement. They created a short documentary featuring Emmett and Pam Hogeweide of the Occupy movement to contrast the two approaches. Emmett did an excellent job [...]
On Monday, the Virginia General Assembly passed a landmark resolution affecting private property rights. It paves the way for Virginians to vote on whether they would like their private property rights amended to the Virginia Constitution. Later this year, on the same day we Virginians will vote for a US president and a new US [...]
Richmond Tea Party’s former president and current U.S. Senate candidate, Jamie Radtke, issued a press release yesterday, calling on Rep. Darrell Issa to launch an investigation into whether or not the IRS is intentionally stalling the process of granting tax-exempt status to Tea Parties and other liberty groups across America. From her letter: There is a [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 21, 2012 NEWS CONTACT: Chuck Hansen - 804-451-5985, extension 1 Radtke Calls for Congressional Investigation Into Actions of IRS Toward Tea Party and Patriot Groups RICHMOND - U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Radtke has asked the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to launch [...]
