PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Tea party activists say they hope to attract thousands of people to the Rhode Island Statehouse for a tax day rally to protest government spending and call for accountability in the General Assembly.
Among the speakers at Thursday afternoon’s planned rally are John Hannah, a Hall of Fame offensive lineman for the New England Patriots, and a commercial fisherman who’s concerned about the effect of government regulation on his livelihood.
Tea Party head Coleen Conley says the movement’s goal for the next several months is to get candidates elected to office. The movement is focusing on local and General Assembly seats.
About 2,000 people attended the tea party’s first tax day rally in Rhode Island last year…
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