The unauthorized history of the House Freedom Caucus
In late 2014, Rep. John Fleming (R-La.) was traveling back to Louisiana with his wife when he had an idea: a plan to empower arch-conservatives to push back against their Leadership, led by then-Speaker of the House John Boehner. Soon after, he and eight Republican colleagues founded the House Freedom Caucus \u2013 the same group that is determined to deny Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) the speaker\u2019s gavel.\n\nIf you want to understand the roots of this week\u2019s far-right rebellion, then you have to understand the roots of the House Freedom Caucus. And while not every member of the HFC opposes McCarthy \u2013 and not every opponent is a member of the HFC \u2013 most of them are.\n\nOn this episode of Playbook Deep Dive, former Rep. John Fleming (R-La.), a Freedom Caucus Founder, unspools something that we could all use right now to understand the current crisis and what it portends for the future of Republican politics: an unauthorized history of the House Freedom Caucus.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices