“The message is pretty clear: Americans are sick and tired of the doubletalk coming out of Washington, of us going home and saying we're conservative and then coming up here and voting for 10,000 earmarks. We can't fool America anymore; the media is too good. They're reporting what we're really doing.”

American businessman, author, and retired politician

James Warren DeMint is an American businessman, author, and retired politician. He served as a United States senator from South Carolina and later became president of The Heritage Foundation. DeMint is a member of the Republican Party and was a leading figure in the Tea Party movement. He also founded the Senate Conservatives Fund, reflecting his long focus on conservative politics and activism.