Portraits of the Tea Party Movement

Lisa Wheeler, an accountant and small business owner from Seminole, Florida, attends a Tea Party protest against the current administration in Tampa, Florida
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Lisa Wheeler, an accountant and small business owner from Seminole, Florida, attends a Tea Party protest against the current administration in Tampa, Florida, as President Obama addresses a nearby crowd. Wheeler said she became part of the Tea Party movement "to represent conservative Christian values." Wheeler added, "not everyone that disagrees is a nut or a radical, just a red blooded American."

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