Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
James Warren "Jim" DeMintis an American politician who was a United States Senator from South Carolina from 2005 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party and a leading figure in the Tea Party movement. He previously served as the United States Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1999 to 2005. DeMint resigned from the Senate on January 1, 2013, to become president of The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 September 1951
party support my-own
I don't have the support inside Washington or even inside my own party.
party government order
You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.
country confused party
I think people are confused about what the Tea Party is. I mean, they were a broad cross-section of Americans who came together concerned about our debt and our spending. And they're interested in constitutional, limited government. And so they're not one group of people. They're thousands of small groups all over the country.
party tea politician
The Tea Party doesn't like politicians.
party dark years
I went through two pretty dark years being fed up with the system and frustrated with my own party after two disastrous elections in 2006 and 2008.
party needs libertarian
The debate in the Republican Party needs to be between libertarians and conservatives.
party people tea
Sometimes people credit me for the Tea Party. It's actually the other way around.
party ideas libertarian
I'd like to see a Republican Party that embraces a lot of the libertarian ideas.
details due exact fact released security trip until
While the exact details of the trip are not released until after the fact due to security concerns,
bush carolina help president south
I think my coattails will help the president a little bit, ... South Carolina is Bush country.
exactly
I think Gov. Sanford has it exactly right.
align existing government technology warning
I think the technology pretty much exists, we just need to align it with existing government warning systems,
anyone team
I'm here being part of the team and associating myself with anyone who will have me,
against cannot complex deliver federal government health manage personal problems sure though voted works
I anticipated many of these problems because the federal government cannot manage health care; it's too complex and too personal to deliver real results. Yet, even though I voted against it, I am going to do everything I can to make sure it works for our seniors.