The House Freedom Caucus elected a new chairman Monday night, choosing Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., as leader of the hardline conservative group for 2024.
Good was one of eight House Republicans who voted to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in early October.
“No comment tonight,” Good told reporters as he left a Freedom Caucus meeting minutes before 10 p.m.
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Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., has been elected to be the new chairman of the Freedom Caucus for 2024 (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
He was similarly embarrassed earlier in the evening after a closed-door House GOP conference meeting. Asked by Fox News Digital of his policy goals if he became chairman, he said, “I’ll wait to talk about it after tonight.”
Good is a conservative elected in 2020 in Virginia’s red-leaning 5th Congressional District, which is mostly rural but includes part of Charlottesville.
He is expected to have a major influence on House GOP policy as the Freedom Caucus chair, with the group wielding enormous influence right now in the Republicans’ razor-thin House majority.
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The current chairman of the group is Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., a close ally of former President Trump. Leaving Monday night’s meeting, Perry was asked by Fox News Digital if he had any advice for Good.
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., is the group’s current chairman
“Be real and be brave,” Perry said, adding that he hoped Good would “lead better” as his successor.
Good’s relationship with the leadership is, by far, more fraught than Perry’s, as he was one of 20 House Republicans who forced McCarthy through 15 rounds of voting before winning the speaker’s gavel in January, months before finally voting. to oust him.
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Perry said of that distinction, “Past chairs, Jordan, Meadows, Biggs, sort of [grew] in position. It’s not just about you and your own desires. You represent the group, the brand, and so you have to be open to things that you might not.”
Good was one of eight House Republicans who voted to oust ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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He would not say whether the feud with McCarthy would be a liability for the group’s negotiating power going forward.
“We’re all in this together. So we, you know, get over our personal differences and disagreements and focus on the country,” he said instead.
