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So, a lot of my supporters back home are members of the Tea Party.

I was Tea Party years before there was an official Tea Party.

You know I have had Tea Party support.

The Tea Party did not run me out. If you know me and my personality, I would welcome the challenge.

In many respects, I guess I would say I was into Tea Party before there was a Tea Party.

Let me tell you what the Tea Party stands for. It stands for the fact that we are taxed enough already.

And my principles go right in line with the Tea Party.

At root, the Tea Party is nothing more than a them-versus-us thing.

Politics is not a tea party. When it is time to act, you have to move fast and decisively.