Conservative group FreedomWorks shutting down, citing Trump effect
Source: The Hill
05/08/24 2:59 PM ET
The conservative group FreedomWorks said it is shutting down, citing the splintering effect former President Trump has had on the Republican Party. Were dissolved, the groups president, Adam Brandon, told Politico in an interview. Its effective immediately.
The Hill has reached out to FreedomWorks, but Politico reported the companys board of directors voted unanimously Tuesday to shut down the organization.
Wednesday will be the roughly 25 employees last day, but staff members will receive paychecks and benefits for a couple of months. The conservative advocacy group laid off 40 percent of its staff in March 2023, and its total revenue dropped by roughly half since 2022, Brandon told Politico.
He said the decision to dissolve the company was driven by the ideological changes driven by Trumps time in office. After Trump won, a huge gap opened between the companys libertarian principles and the MAGA ideologies of its members, he said. A lot of our base aged, and so the new activists that have come in [with] Trump, they tend to be much more populist, Brandon said. So, you look at the base and that just kind of shifted.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4651840-conservative-group-freedomworks-shutting-down-citing-trump-effect/
underpants
(183,137 posts)thats infrastructure Trump is eroding. Im
Sure something like it will start back up but new organizations/operations dont work like established ones with experience overlap.
Trumps doing this to state operations too overtaken by MAGA.
The RNC thinks they are going to start up a ground game with less than 6 months before the election. Theres a direct connection to local/state operations.
BOSSHOG
(37,196 posts)I know freedom works was a very bad actor but are they dissolving because many of their members wanted the group to be worse?
BumRushDaShow
(130,326 posts)that might mean they would vote for the Libertarian Party candidate vs the Republican candidate.
I know here in PA, the biggest non-major party in terms of vote totals is the Libertarian Party (WAY more than the Green Party or Constitution Party).
hlthe2b
(102,628 posts)I remember the name and the "mentions" over the years, but have forgotten who the "movers & shakers" of this group were.
emulatorloo
(44,280 posts)hlthe2b
(102,628 posts)Thanks!
emulatorloo
(44,280 posts)I used to live in Iowa, they are one of the main reasons the state went from a Purple state that elected Dem presidents to a Republican hell-hole!
calimary
(81,637 posts)IronLionZion
(45,690 posts)I would hope that Americans don't have much of an appetite for recession-era austerity these days.
LiberalFighter
(51,454 posts)Traurigkeit
(530 posts)Hurts when you do not plan for the future. For the time you are dead and dust.
Things just fall apart and what was built goes to rot.
slightlv
(2,899 posts)means that suddenly their "base" wasn't quite as libertarian as they used to be - they suddenly found themselves on the receiving end of Social Security and didn't want it stripped. This, as opposed to Maga, who would strip themselves of everything - including money they contributed toward their retirement. Got to watch out for that "socialism"...! /snark I do wonder how many of them eschew House Insurance, Car Insurance, Life Insurance, etc... Social Security is basically the same principle. But that probably calls for a lot more thought than Magas are willing to put into a subject.