You may remember Rick Santelli’s “Rant Heard Round the World” on CNBC last week, in which he spoke out on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange against President Obama’s mortgage bailout plan and called for a “Chicago Tea Party.” Santelli’s outburst struck a nerve with millions of frustrated taxpayers across America, who have been working hard and playing by the rules, only to then be forced to bailout one bad decision maker after another.
Almost as soon as Santelli finished his rant, taxpayers from coast to coast started to organize real “Tea Party” protests to voice their anger and frustration. Today, several hundreds folks converged on Lafayette Park, just across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House for DC’s Tea Party. Check out video from the scene below:
UPDATE: More event video and photos from Michelle Malkin and from Amanda Carpenter of Townhall.com.
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Pingback by Michelle Malkin » Scenes from the D.C. Tea Party; Updated, vid added February 27, 2009 @ 2:11 pm[...] Well, he called for a Chicago Tea Party in July but the Tea Parties have already started. Here is a videoof the Tea Party held in D.C. today. (HT to Ed Frank.) You can read his blog on the event here. [...]
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Comment by frances February 27, 2009 @ 5:14 pmMillion Gun March on Washington….July 4th 2010!
Comment by Michael J Smith February 27, 2009 @ 9:49 pmCan we have a Tea Party in Denver. Isn’t that wwhere this mess started?!
Comment by Deborah Stanaway March 1, 2009 @ 1:07 amDoes anyone know about any “Tea Parties” in New Jersey? It seems our state is asleep.
Comment by bm March 1, 2009 @ 11:45 am