Tea Party Nation

Tea Party Nation
Formation2009
HeadquartersFranklin, Tennessee
LeaderJudson Phillips
Key people
Tom Trento
WebsiteTeaPartyNation.com

Tea Party Nation is a conservative American group considered part of the Tea Party movement. Their official website describes them as "group of like-minded people who desire our God given Individual Freedoms which were written out by the Founding Fathers. We believe in Limited Government, Free Speech, the 2nd Amendment, our Military, Secure Borders and our Country!"[1]

The group was created by former Shelby County, Tennessee assistant district attorney Judson Phillips in 2009.[2][3][4] It runs a social networking site for conservative activists[5] and is best known for organizing the 2010 National Tea Party Convention. In February 2010, Tea Party Nation was among the twelve most influential groups in the Tea Party movement, according to the National Journal.[6] In September 2010, it was one of the top five most influential organizations in the Tea Party movement, according to the Washington Post.[7]

  1. ^ "Tea Party Nation". Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "Entity Detail". Tennessee Department of State. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "WHOIS:TeaPartyNation.com". GoDaddy.com.
  4. ^ O'Brien, Luke (February 6, 2010). "Judson Phillips Threw a Tea Party, and Trouble Showed Up". AOL News. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  5. ^ Vogel, Kenneth P. (November 27, 2009). "Tea parties emerge as revenue stream". Yahoo! News. Politico. Archived from the original on December 1, 2009. Retrieved April 22, 2013.
  6. ^ Snow Hopkins, Christopher; Mahanta, Siddhartha; Poulson, Theresa (February 4, 2010). "12 Tea Party Players To Watch". National Journal. Retrieved April 17, 2015.
  7. ^ "The top national players in the tea party". The Washington Post. September 26, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2015.