What's the Future of the Tea Party after 2016

Event Details

PBS World Channel National Broadcast:Virginia, December 11, 2016/Nationally, December 14, 2016

Matt Kibbe, former president and CEO of FreedomWorks, one of the most influential national tea party organizations, will discuss the rise and future of the movement. Kibbe is a political activist, author, and distinguished senior fellow at the Austrian Economic Center in Vienna. His current book is Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff: A Libertarian Manifesto. He is also the author of Hostile Takeover: Resisting Centralized Government's Stranglehold on America. Kibbe is coauthor, with Dick Armey, of the New York Times bestseller, Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto. Before joining FreedomWorks, Kibbe served as chief of staff and House Budget Committee associate for U.S. Representative Dan Miller, director of federal budget policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and senior economist for the Republican National Committee during Lee Atwater's tenure as chairman. A book signing will follow his appearance.