Some of the TIME crew traveled down to the Capitol this morning for a Tea Party rally headlined by Sen. Jim DeMint. He and other speakers extended promises to continue “the fight” — the fight to repeal “Obamacare,” the fight against the “liberal agenda,” the fight against earmarks, and plenty more where that came from. Here are some portraits of the scene and rally attendees, to put some faces with the face-off. As you can see, American flags were in no short supply.
All images by Katy Steinmetz for TIME
