A conservative advocacy group once known for raising the national profile of the tea party movement is closing down operations in a surprise move announced on Wednesday.
FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon confirmed the organization’s closure to the Washington Examiner on Wednesday, pointing to a shift in the “modern Republican Party” as a reason for its shuttering. The closure comes as former President Donald Trump has remade the GOP in his favor as he seeks to reclaim the Oval Office in November.
Brandon would not directly name Trump during an interview with the Washington Examiner, instead blaming the “rise of national conservatism.”
“Our limited government, classical liberal values, libertarian values — we’re just kind of forced out into this no man’s land between the Democrats and the Republicans right now,” Brandon said.
Brandon explained that FreedomWorks lost
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