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How the Freedom Caucus Rose to Power in Wyoming
As state legislatures around the country prepare to convene next month, Wyoming is wading into uncharted political waters: For the first time anywhere in the country, the hard-right Freedom Caucus has won control of a State House.
After ousting a slew of Republican incumbents they viewed as too liberal in a caustic primary, and then galloping to victory in November, members of the ultraconservative caucus hope to cement their meteoric climb to power by passing five priority bills in the first 10 days.
Their agenda, known as the Five and Dime Plan, aims to immediately tighten election rules, invalidate drivers’ licenses issued to undocumented immigrants by other states, prohibit college diversity initiatives, prohibit the state from considering environmental concerns when making investment decisions and reduce property taxes.
Hard-Right Freedom Caucus Takes Power in Wyoming
A Freedom Caucus bloc has never won control of a state legislative chamber — until now. Some lawmakers worry that the newly ascendant conservatives want to “burn it all down.”
www.nytimes.com
So.......WY becomes the first state to make climate change denialism its official policy. It's now a MAGA fiefdom.
The state Freedom Caucus’s new chair, Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams sponsored WY’s Life is a Human Right Act, which would make performing an abortion or administering abortion medication a felony.
“I give the Lord credit for the success we’ve had,” said newly elected Speaker Chip Neiman, a cattle rancher, speaking from a government building in Casper, after meeting with the Republican caucus. “I honor him in my decision-making, and I just rely on Him to guide my actions and thoughts.”
MAGAists who are fed up with state governments not forcing pregnant women to carry their fetuses to term against their will, and not looking to the cloud fairy for legislative guidance, now have a place to go. Let the pilgrimage begin.