"People ask me if I'm the father of the Tea Party movement," the CNBC commentator said outside the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. "I was the spark ...that started it. If being the lightning rod that started the Tea Party is what's written on my tombstone, I'll be very happy." But after his five-minute "rant" on CNBC 11â„2 years ago suggesting a tea party in Lake Michigan against government spending, Santelli let go and never exercised any control over the movement.
That’s true .. it was his intuitive, spontaneous
deductive genius .. a moment in time that captured
the attention and imagination of the public.
And look where America is now?
Everything converged .. it took time to ferment ..
for all the negatives and outright theiving of
the American people by this marxist crew .. and
here we are.
The sleeping giant HAS been totally awakened and
energized.
We’re taking our country back! And we have to
keep fightin for her.
Thank God ! All have a part to play.