300 Tea Party Groups Endorse Newt Gingrich
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT5GBSXy7MI] http://www.newt.org/news/300-tea-party-organizations-36-states-vow-campaign-gingrich Orlando, FL – In another sign of Newt Gingrich’s surging momentum, 200 additional Tea Party Organizers have joined the coalition Tea Partiers With Newt. This Coalition now represents 300 Tea Party organizers from 36 states who have joined together to help elect a bold Reagan conservative in Speaker Newt Gingrich and defeat Massachusetts Moderate Mitt Romney and then President Barack Obama. Earlier today Newt2012 announced the endorsement of 47 Florida Tea Party organizers who also joined Tea Partiers With Newt. Tea Party support for Newt in Florida is extremely high according to Tom Gaitens, Former Florida State Director of FreedomWorks. “Newt Gingrich is a Reagan Conservative and Mitt Romney is not. Their records clearly support this. If Americans truly want to have real change they will elect the man who balanced four federal budgets, who has reformed entitlements and not the man who is a Massachusetts Moderate who governed as a liberal and continues to flip flop on every Conservative issue.” “The GOP establishment and liberal and conservative mainstream media assault on the Speaker clearly shows that the people who have torn our great nation down are afraid of change and bold vision. Another moderate GOP nominee in Mitt Romney will result in the reelection of President Obama.” said Patricia Sullivan, Founder of Patriot Army and Co-Founder of North Lake Tea Party from Eustis, FL. “The Tea Party is not going to sit by and let the establishment determine who our nominee is. Our time for remaining quiet and balancing our ideals with staying out of elections is absolutely over. We will either elect Newt Gingrich or we will have the second incarnation of John McCain – and we all know how that turned out,” said Karin Hoffman, who leads DC Works For Us in Broward County, FL and has organized meetings between key Tea Party organizers and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus and also former Chairman Michael Steele.
Full list of endorsements:
United States House of Representatives Representative Joe Barton of Texas, Chairman Emeritus of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Representative Michael Burgess of Texas Representative Phil Gingrey of Georgia Representative Jack Kingston of Georgia Representative Tom Price of Georgia Representative Austin Scott of Georgia Representative Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia Representative Andy Harris of Maryland Representative Trent Franks of Arizona Representative David Rivera of Florida Governors and State Constitutional officers Governor, former Presidential candidate Rick Perry of Texas Governor Nathan Deal of Georgia Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens Georgia Public Service Commissioner Stan Wise Georgia Public Service Commissioner Lauren “Bubba” McDonald Former officeholders Former Senator, former Presidential candidate and actor Fred Thompson of Tennessee Former Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire Former Senator and Governor Zell Miller of Georgia Former Representative Fred Grandy of Iowa Former Representative Greg Ganske of Iowa Former Representative J. C. Watts of Oklahoma Former Representative John Napier of South Carolina Former Representative, former Attorney General Bill McCollum of Florida Former Representative Gary Lee of Florida Former Governor Sonny Perdue of Georgia Former Lieutenant Governor André Bauer of South Carolina Former diplomats, board members and other officials Former United States Treasurer Rosario Marin Former Ambassador to Tanzania, former Commerce Secretary of South Carolina Bob Royall Former member of President Ronald Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board Arthur Laffer Former Director of White House speechwriting for President Ronald Reagan Bently Elliott Former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, partner at the Nexsen Pruet law firm, Billy Wilkins Former member of the board of visitors at the Medical University of South Carolina Debra Wilkins Current and former state and local officials and party officeholders in Florida Former Miami Mayor Joe Carollo Former Orange County Mayor Rich Crotty Vice Mayor of Bradenton and Bradenton City Councillor Patrick Roff State Senator Jim Norman State Senator Thad Altman Former State Senator John Grant, Sr. State Representative Michael Bileca State Representative Gayle Harrell State Representative Deborah Mayfield State Representative Carlos Trujillo Former State Representative Kurt Kelley Former State Representative Monica Rodriguez Former State Representative Luis Rojas Brevard County Chair William Tolley Hillsborough County Chair Sam Rashid Honorary Brevard County Chair Coy Clark Duval County Co-Chair Bert Ralston Pinellas County Co-Chair Dr. Miguel Fana Jacksonville City Councillor Ray Holt Brooksville City Councillor Kevin Hohn Former Chairman of Calhoun County Commission Dan Wyrick Miami-Dade County Commissioner Xavier Suarez Palm Beach County Commissioner Steve Abrams Former Leon County Commissioner Ed Depuy Gingrich Florida Chair College Republicans Nathan Meloon Gingrich Florida Chair of Young Republicans Christian Waugh