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Tea Party Victories in 2017

The Tea Party movement won many victories this year.  Here are some of them:

•    Tea Party-backed tax reform bills passed the House and Senate; the Senate bill would repeal the Obamacare individual mandate

•    Tea Party-backed Neil Gorsuch was sworn in as Supreme Court Justice

•    Tea Party-backed Jeff Sessions was confirmed as Attorney General

•    The Trump administration settled two of the Tea Party class action suits for $3.5 million, saying the IRS’ political targeting of Tea Party groups should never have happened.

•    Tea Party-opposed Jon Ossoff got beat in the Georgia 6th District special election

•    Advertising was restored to the Sean Hannity show after Tea Party Patriots mounted a pressure campaign

•    Michelle Obama's hated school lunch rules bit the dust (ATP mounted a publicity campaign on this – read here)

•    Around Virginia (source: VTPPF)
o    Dale Swanson / Michael Hirsch - Defeated tax payer funded baseball stadium.
o    Nelson Valez - Norfolk TP - Got referendum to change appointment of school board to being elected.
o    Diana Howard - Va. Beach TP - Got referendum on ballot to defeat light rail.
o    Ralph Carter - Chester Patriots TP - Meals tax defeat and Comprehensive Plan.