Portraits of the Tea Party Movement

Some Tea Partiers balked at the $549 ticket price, criticizing the organizers of profiteering. Nevertheless, some 600 people, mostly white and older, attended the full convention.
David Walter Banks / LUCEO for TIME

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Some Tea Partiers balked at the $549 ticket price, criticizing the organizers of profiteering. Nevertheless, some 600 people, mostly white and older, attended the full convention.

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