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.

[2] Meckler resigned from the Tea Party Patriots, citing differences with Martin and other board members over how the organization was being managed.

[7] 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.

[10] 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.

Their company specializing in supplying temporary workers failed due to the 2008 financial crisis and an unscrupulous former business partner.