The Tea Party protests, in their
current form, began in early 2009
when Rick Santelli, the On Air
Editor for CNBC, set out on a rant
to expose the bankrupt liberal
agenda of the White House
Administration and Congress.
Specifically, the flawed "Stimulus
Bill" and pork filled budget.
During Rick's rant
(click here to see video), he
called for a "Chicago tea Party"
where advocates of the free-market
system could join in a protest
against out of control government
spending.
A few days later, grassroots
activists and average Joe Americans
began organizing what would soon
become the
Nationwide Chicago Tea Party
effort.
On February 27th, an estimated
30,000 Americans took to the street
in 40+ cities across the country in
the first nationwide "Tea Party"
protest.
Organizers of the February 27th
events pledged to continue on with
an even bigger and better protest to
follow the first. With April 15th
being "Tax Day", it was decided to
schedule the second round of Tea
Party protests to ride alongside the
tax deadline.
And with that, the "Tax Day Tea
Party", the second round of the
Nationwide Tea Party protests, moved
into reality.
