Jenny Beth Martin
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Jenny Beth Martin
| image = Jenny Beth Martin (52250765057) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Martin in 2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|7|2}}
| birth_place =
| occupation = Co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots and Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund
| education = Reinhardt University
University of Georgia (BBA, MS)
| website = {{url|jennybethmartin.net|Official website}}
}}
Jenny Beth Martin (born July 2, 1970)[https://www.facebook.com/teapartypatriots/posts/10151498952630779 teapartypatriot page], facebook.com. is the co-founder and national coordinator of the Tea Party Patriots, and a columnist for The Washington Times. In February 2010, Time magazine named her as one of its 100 Most Influential Leaders.{{cite news|last=Altman |first=Alex |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984864_1985462,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502133249/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984864_1985462,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 2, 2010 |title=Jenny Beth Martin – The 2010 TIME 100 |publisher=TIME |date=April 29, 2010 |accessdate=March 7, 2013}} She is the co-author of Tea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution.{{cite web|url=http://us.macmillan.com/author/jennybethmartin |title=Jenny Beth Martin | Authors | Macmillan |publisher=Us.macmillan.com |date=December 4, 2009 |accessdate=March 7, 2013}} She is a member of the Council for National Policy.{{cite news|last=O'Harrow Jr.|first=Robert|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/10/25/god-trump-closed-door-world-council-national-policy/|title= God, Trump and the Closed-Door World of a Major Conservative Group|date=October 25, 2021|work=The Washington Post Magazine|accessdate=June 16, 2022}}
Early life and education
Martin graduated from Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia, in 1990. She later received a bachelor's in business administration from the University of Georgia.Davis, Mark, [http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/jenny-beth-martin-the-head-tea-party-patriot/nQfsP/ "Jenny Beth Martin: The head Tea Party Patriot"], ajc.com (Atlanta Journal-Constitution website), May 9, 2010. "39-year-old". Retrieved 2015-12-19.
Tea Party Patriots
{{See also|Tea Party Patriots}}In June 2009, Martin had formed Tea Party Patriots, along with Amy Kremer and Mark Meckler. In 2010, Martin was being paid $6,000 a month by the organization. Meckler resigned from the Tea Party Patriots, citing differences with Martin and other board members over how the organization was being managed.{{cite news |title=Meckler resigns from national Tea Party Patriots |work=The Union |location=Nevada County, California |date=February 24, 2012 |url=http://www.theunion.com/news/2303656-113/apgrassvalley-apcalifornia |accessdate=January 4, 2013 |archive-date=August 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829043924/http://www.theunion.com/news/2303656-113/apgrassvalley-apcalifornia |url-status=dead }} As of 2014, Martin was receiving two salaries from the Tea Party Patriots: a $15,000 per month fee for "strategic consulting" and a $272,000 salary as President, with total annual compensation over $450,000.{{cite news |first=Matea |last=Gold |title=Tea Party PACs reap money for midterms, but spend little on candidates |newspaper=Washington Post |date=April 26, 2014 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/tea-party-pacs-reap-money-for-midterms-but-spend-little-on-candidates/2014/04/26/0e52919a-cbd6-11e3-a75e-463587891b57_story.html|accessdate=August 17, 2016}}
=Puerto Rico bankruptcy-law structure=
In the face of the Puerto Rican government-debt crisis and in concert with major distressed-debt hedge funds in 2015, Martin and Tea Party Patriots have opposed a U.S. Senate bill to allow Puerto Rico's public authorities access to bankruptcy restructuring options.Mahler, Jonathan, and Nicholas Confessore, [http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/us/politics/puerto-rico-money-debt.html "Inside the Billion-Dollar Battle for Puerto Rico’s Future"], New York Times, December 19, 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
=Political action committee=
Martin is a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund, a political action committee which Martin has said was formed to counter Karl Rove's Conservative Victory Project. Martin characterizes Rove and his group as the "consultant class".{{cite news|author=02/08/2013 5:42 pm EST |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/08/tea-party-patriots-super-pac_n_2648908.html |title=Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund Super PAC Launches, Bringing Unlimited Donations To 'Grassroots' |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= February 8, 2013|accessdate=March 7, 2013}}
In the 2016 Republican presidential primary, she endorsed Ted Cruz.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_no3cziSoow "Jenny Beth Martin for Ted Cruz," YouTube, February 25, 2016], retrieved November 28, 2016.
=America's Frontline Doctors=
In July 2020, Martin appeared with a group of doctors in front of Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., promoting falsehoods about the wearing of masks and vaccines at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|date=2020-07-28|title=Trump spreads video of doctor who falsely claims hydroxychloroquine cures COVID-19|url=https://factcheck.afp.com/trump-spreads-video-doctor-who-falsely-claims-hydroxychloroquine-cures-covid-19|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Fact Check|language=en}} The event was hosted and funded by Tea Party Patriots.{{Cite web|title=Dark money and PAC's coordinated 'reopen' push are behind doctors' viral hydroxychloroquine video|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/dark-money-pac-s-coordinated-reopen-push-are-behind-doctors-n1235100|access-date=2020-12-29|website=NBC News|date=July 28, 2020 |language=en}}
Personal life
She is divorced from Lee Martin, with whom she has twins, born in 2003. In 2008, the Martins filed for bankruptcy. Their company specializing in supplying temporary workers failed due to the 2008 financial crisis and an unscrupulous former business partner.{{cite news | title = Woodstock woman's political work earns her a spot on 'influential' list |date=2010-05-09 | url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/jenny-beth-martin-the-head-tea-party-patriot/abe8q0vCj2hk7mr2WgYVDL/| work = The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | accessdate = 2019-11-07}}
References
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External links
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