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Jenny Beth Martin
Jenny Beth Martin (born July 2, 1970)[1][2] 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.[3] She is the co-author of Tea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution.[4] She is a member of the Council for National Policy.[5] Early life and educationMartin graduated from Reinhardt University in Waleska, Georgia, in 1990. She later received a bachelor's in business administration from the University of Georgia.[2] Tea Party PatriotsIn 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.[2] Meckler resigned from the Tea Party Patriots, citing differences with Martin and other board members over how the organization was being managed.[6] 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.[7] Puerto Rico bankruptcy-law structureIn 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.[8] Political action committeeMartin 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".[9] In the 2016 Republican presidential primary, she endorsed Ted Cruz.[10] America's Frontline DoctorsIn 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.[11] The event was hosted and funded by Tea Party Patriots.[12] Personal lifeShe is divorced from Lee Martin, with whom she has twins, born in 2003.[2] 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.[13] References
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