The national network advises its state members to “be loud” against Republicans who have compromised on fiscal and cultural conservative principles, Roth said.įreedom caucuses from Idaho to Pennsylvania have focused on abortion, crime and how race, gender and sexuality are navigated in schools and state offices.
The majority of the 11 states with caucuses are controlled by Republican governors and Legislatures. “When I have something you want, and you feel like you need to have it, then you can’t get it anywhere else.” Each backed Trump’s false statements about fraud in the 2020 election.īiggs, the former Freedom Caucus chair who challenged McCarthy, said freedom caucuses “create leverage points to try to advance a conservative cause.”
Ralph Norman of South Carolina informally advising lawmakers in their states - hoping to create a pipeline of conservative lawmakers to higher office. The network uses House Freedom Caucus members to establish state-level affiliates, with congressmen including Biggs, U.S. Andy Biggs of Arizona, who in the lead-up to the 2020 election devised expanding the House Freedom Caucus model to the states. The State Freedom Caucus Network is the brainchild of Republican strategist Andy Roth and U.S. Phalen, like others in the caucus, described this week’s disruption on the House floor as “a riot or insurrection” - employing the same language that’s been used for the Jan. The group now includes one-fifth of statehouse Republicans and Phalen said he expects it to grow with the addition of freshman lawmakers whose votes aligned with Freedom Caucus priorities and will thereby earn entry. Bob Phalen, a Freedom Caucus member and eastern Montana farmer, said the moves against Zephyr capped a session in which the caucus played a key role passing laws banning gender-affirming care for minors and restricting the dissemination of pornography.
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