The "Freedom" Caucus gets behind Trump

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It's that murderous Freedom Caucus again..

President Donald Trump has gotten a huge boost from a handful of conservative House members in his quest to counter special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. Many of those congressmen are members of the conservative Freedom Caucus.


Reed Galen, a Republican strategist who formerly served as Sen. John McCain's deputy campaign manager for his 2008 presidential bid, said there are a couple of reasons why conservatives have rallied behind Trump on this cause. Among them is that Trump "best represents" what their idea of government should be, and the members "probably really believe in the 'deep state' and black helicopters." "These guys are political nihilists," he said. "They don't believe in government, they don't like and don't want to contribute to legislative progress." This allows them to work "on discrediting the state from their perch within it."

Freedom Caucus goes all out to fight for Trump against Mueller - Business Insider

Undermining crucial institutions that are actually underpinning democracy, freedom and economic growth

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Not even Trump is in favor of this..

The House and Senate this week voted overwhelmingly to provide back pay to about 800,000 federal workers who are going without paychecks because of the partial government shutdown. But seven lawmakers — all House Republicans — opposed the measure. Those "no" votes came from Reps. Justin Amash (Mich.), Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Glen Grothman (Wis.), Thomas Massie (Ky.), Chip Roy (Texas) and Ted Yoho (Fla.). President Trump on Thursday indicated he would sign the bill, leading to its passage by unanimous consent in the Senate later that day. On Friday, the House cleared the measure in a 411-7 vote.   In 2013, the House approved back pay for government workers in that year's shutdown in a 407-0 vote. The same measure received unanimous support in the Senate. Most of the House Republicans who voted against Friday's measure are members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, a group that frequently dissents on legislation that provides federal spending.

The 7 Republicans who voted against back pay for furloughed workers | TheHill