Tea Party 茶黨

Tea Party
繁：茶黨
简：茶党

茶黨（Tea Party）不是特定政黨，而是草根右翼民粹主義運動。歷史上的茶黨始於一七七三年，當時波士頓市民為了反抗英國殖民當局的高稅收政策，把英國東印度公司的三百多箱茶葉傾倒入海，自此茶黨一詞成為革命的代名詞。當代茶黨重生於二○○九年，隨着美國全國廣播公司電視主持人桑特利在節目中呼籲反對奧巴馬政府的房屋救濟貸款政策而重現。當年茶黨發動了全國性的遊行示威活動，提出反對高稅收、高支出和醫保改革，並要求縮減政府規模。至二○一○年，茶黨已經在美國結集了一千一百多個分支機構，成為一股不可忽視的政治力量。

縱橫捭闔：特朗普和美國茶黨（2016年3月2日）。東方日報，取自 http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20160302/00184_007.html

Politics is the art of the possible, and the Tea Party changed what was possible. They waged a relentless campaign to force Republicans away from compromise and tank Democratic legislative priorities like immigration reform and campaign finance transparency. Their members ensured that legislation that did pass, like the Affordable Care Act, was unpopular from the start. They hijacked the national narrative and created the impression of broad discontent with President Obama.

Levin, E., Greenberg, L., & Padilla, A. (2017, January 2). To Stop Trump, Democrats Can Learn From the Tea Party. New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/02/opinion/to-stop-trump-democrats-can-learn-from-the-tea-party.html