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Sarah Palin became the unoffical spokesperson of the movement
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The movement caused this democrat to win in New York's 23rd congressional district seat.
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Before the tea party was a real organization, Keli Careneder relied on blogging and social media to get people to go to a protest about the government economical package.
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Rick Santilli brought up the Tea Party idea in response to Obama's mortgage relief plan
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A nationwide protest was held in 40 cities.
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In mid April, the first series of nationwide rallies began
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Jim DeMint, the most visible face in the movement, stepped down.
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A bus that drove across the country spreading the movements message.
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The tea party kicked off its first national convention
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Police and fbi had found a severed gasoline at a Democrat lawmakers brothers house.
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over 40 people had crammed into a small cafe after Barak Obama had passed the laws "affordable care and patent protection act"
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Preparing for the second annual tax-day protest they had told their supporters to only come for the tea party because other issues wasn't what the tea party was about.
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Joe miller lost his Alaskan senate seat to write in candate Lisa Murkowski.
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Joe Walsh, a tea party member, lost his Illinois representative seat to democrat Tammy Duckworth in the 2012 elections.
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In 2012, 12 representatives for the movement were elected to office.
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The tea party movement went inactive after the election
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New York times and associates press reported that the internal revenue service flagged Tea Party groups and other conservative groups for review of their applications for tax-exempt status during the 2012 election.
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John Boehner, the house speaker, resigned.
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The tea party had its lowest support due to dissatisfaction with the GOP establishment
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The movement officially ended because of the two-year budget deal in mid 2019.
