FreedomWorks, once influential conservative group, blames Trump after announcing it’s shutting down: report

The influential conservative group FreedomWorks, which helped launch the tea party movement, is reportedly dissolving. Its president is blaming the rise of Trump's MAGA-style politics.

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close Video Biden calls MAGA Republicans and climate change deniers out President Biden said MAGA Republicans want to repeal Inflation Reduction Act and accuses climate change deniers of condemning Americans to ‘a very dangerous future and world.' FreedomWorks, the once influential conservative group that helped spur the tea party movement, is reportedly shutting its doors and blaming the influence of Donald Trump for its demise. FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon told Politico in an exclusive interview published Wednesday that the group has dissolved, "effective immediately.

" Wednesday marked the last day for the organization’s roughly two dozen staff members. Fox News Digital has reached out to multiple members, including Brandon, but the outlet reported that FreedomWorks’ board of directors had voted unanimously to shut down immediately. The group laid off just under half of its staff last year, and its revenue has plummeted by almost as much since 2022, according to the report.



TRUMP SUPER PAC TO JOIN TIKTOK WITH @MAGA HANDLE Adam Brandon, president of FreedomWorks, talks with Andrew Wilkow during an episode of The Wilkow Majority on SiriusXM Patriot at Quicken Loans Arena on July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Ben Jackson/Getty Images for SiriusXM) Brandon said the ideological upheaval of the Trump era ultimately led to FreedomWorks’ demise. He said Trump’s rise created a rift between libertarian-leaning conservatives and the MAGA-style populism of Trump suppo.