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Tea Partiers Now Forming Circular Firing Squad

Zachary Roth | February 17, 2010, 2:54PM


Tea party in Hartford, Connecticut in 2009

The level of internal tension within the always fractious Tea Party is reaching a boiling point, in the wake of yesterday's meeting with RNC chair Michael Steele and amid early efforts to build a third party out of the grassroots movement.

A major Tea Party group has announced its opposition to the idea of creating a third party -- drawing scorn from at least one activist. And a new anti-Steele website warns of the "'hijacking' of the Tea Party Movement by the GOP." Taken as a whole, the infighting suggests intense and fundamental philosophical differences among Tea Party factions, just as the movement is being hailed as a political force.

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Topics: Everett Wilkinson, Jenny Beth Martin, Michael Steele, Republican National Committee, Robin Stublen, Tea Parties, Tea Party Patriots

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Tea Party Lawsuit Defendant: Plaintiffs' Backers Are 'Bent On The Destruction Of The Tea Party Movement'

Zachary Roth | January 19, 2010, 12:09PM


Tea Party protesters (inset: Doug Guetzloe)

GOP consultant Doug Guetzloe is slamming the lawsuit filed against him this morning by a group of Florida Tea Party activists, charging that the plaintiffs are "being supported by well-funded GOP operatives and others bent on the destruction of the tea party movement."

In an email to TPMmuckraker, Guetzloe called on one of the plaintiffs, Everett Wilkinson, to release information about his finances "so tea party activists can see who is behind the curtain."

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Topics: Doug Guetzloe, Everett Wilkinson, Fred O'Neal, Tea Parties

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What's In A Name? Tea Partiers Sue Rivals Over Movement Moniker

Zachary Roth | January 19, 2010, 10:51AM


Tea Party protesters (inset: Doug Guetzloe)

Tea Party turmoil continues in the Sunshine State...

A group of Florida Tea Partiers has filed suit against the team of conservative activists that registered the Tea Party of Florida (TPOF) as an official state party, alleging that their rivals "fully intend to 'hijack' the phrase 'Tea Party' for their political will and objectives."

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Topics: Doug Guetzloe, Everett Wilkinson, Florida Tea Party, Floyd Brown, Fred O'Neal, Tea Parties, Tea Party Express, Tea Party Patriots, Tim McClellan

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Florida Lawyer Claims Rights To Tea Party Name -- Says Activist: He's 'Trying To Hijack Our Movement'

Zachary Roth | January 14, 2010, 12:05PM


At a tea party in Philadelphia in 2009.

A Florida lawyer who registered the "Tea Party" as an official political party doesn't want to share the name that's become synonymous with the fledgling grassroots conservative movement. Fred O'Neal is pressuring activists in the state to rechristen their local Tea Party groups -- and in doing so, he's become the latest figure to be charged with co-opting the movement for personal gain.

In August, O'Neal, an Orlando attorney and anti-tax activist who until then had had little involvement with the Tea Party movement, registered the "Tea Party" as a new political party with the Florida Division of Elections. O'Neal has told the press he intends to recruit conservative candidates under the Tea Party banner -- an idea that hasn't sat well with many Tea Party activists, who view any organized political party with distrust.

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Topics: Doug Guetzloe, Everett Wilkinson, Fred O'Neal, Tea Parties, Tea Party Express, Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Patriots

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