Who is the Wyoming Freedom Caucus:
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The Wyoming Freedom Caucus (WFC) are a bloc of legislators acting under a national playbook—not Wyoming’s values. They started muscling into our legislature a couple of years ago, and now control a majority in our House of Representatives. They are not homegrown Wyoming conservatives, but instead – are recruited or vetted for their willingness to follow orders for an outside agenda. They vote in lockstep, directed by paid staff in Cheyenne who send texts telling them how to vote. That’s not independence. That’s control.
With 36 members in the 62-seat Wyoming House of Representatives, the WFC seized a slim majority through the 2024 Republican primaries. They ousted moderate Republicans with a barrage of smear campaigns and nasty fliers – something our state had never experienced before. They brought their national-style ugly politics into Wyoming to match their nationally-driven agenda. Who pulls the strings in these efforts? And whose agenda are they really advancing? Wyoming Grit pulls back the curtain on this out-of-state puppet show.
Controlled and Rewarded by Outsiders: A National Agenda in Wyoming Boots
The WFC loves to wrap itself in the flag of "limited government, strong families, and individual liberty," as proclaimed on their slick website. Dig deeper, and you'll find it's less about the Wyoming Way and more about a cookie-cutter extremist crusade scripted in Washington, D.C. The group is an arm of the State Freedom Caucus Network (SFCN), a national outfit whose agenda is more about sowing division and political theater than solving problems and focusing on the needs of hard-working Wyomingites.
This DC-based group doesn't just cheer from the sidelines—they embed paid staff in Cheyenne to micromanage the action. These operatives, bankrolled by D.C. dark money, feed WFC lawmakers boilerplate bills, talking points, and marching orders straight from the national playbook. The result? Their agenda has defunded local police, emergency services, road safety and more in our small towns and communities. They don’t care about the kitchen-table concerns of Wyoming families struggling with medical care access, job opportunity or good schools for their kids.
And the reward for Freedom Caucus legislators? Sweeten the pot with campaign cash. Loyal foot soldiers who toe the line can expect up to $30,000 funneled into their 2026 races, courtesy of the very outsiders who are calling the shots. This isn't Wyoming grassroots grit; it's an orchestrated takeover by outsiders.
Told How to Vote: Texts from Cheyenne's Shadow Operatives
Picture this: It's crunch time in the Wyoming House. A bill on property taxes or school funding hits the floor. Instead of poring over local impacts or hearing from constituents, WFC lawmakers glance at their phones. Ding—a text from SFCN-funded staff in Cheyenne: "Vote YES/NO on HB 123." No debate. No Wyoming-specific tweaks. Just obedience.
This isn't hyperbole; it's the WFC's MO. Their "plan together, work together" ethos extends to real-time vote herding, ensuring the bloc moves as one mechanical unit. Critics, including ousted incumbents, have called it out as a betrayal of legislative independence—lawmakers reduced to texting puppets, more loyal to distant donors than the voters back home. Even as the Caucus claims victories like budget cuts and "godly principles" guiding policy, their lockstep tactics have actually generated more big government with over-regulation, unfunded mandates on local government, gridlock, harm to kids and communities and wasted tax-payer dollars.
Funded by Outsider Money and Ugly Campaign Tactics: The Dark Money Invasion
How did this national import conquer Wyoming's House? Follow the money—straight out of state lines. In the 2024 primaries, low turnout met a flood of dark money, with out-of-state PACs dumping over $370,000 into attack ads and mailers that smeared incumbents as "RINOs" or worse.
The culprits? A rogues' gallery of national players:
- Make Liberty Win (Virginia): Dropped hundreds of thousands to back WFC allies and bury opponents.
- Young Americans for Liberty (Texas): Flooded WY voters with post cards in support of the WFC agenda
- State Freedom Caucus Action (Washington, D.C.): The SFCN's political arm, coordinating the chaos.
- Honor Wyoming (California roots): Posing as local but rooted in coastal cash.
Remember those vicious flyers and texts accusing good Republicans of plotting to boot Trump from the ballot? That was the WFC machine at work, spreading disinformation to rig the game. It's ugly, it's effective, and it's eroding the fair fights Wyoming deserves.
The Bottom Line: Legislators for "Them," Not You
The Wyoming Freedom Caucus isn't here to serve our Wyoming interests. They are a Trojan horse for national extreme politics, grandstanding and chasing DC talking points. These lawmakers show little hunger for the nuts-and-bolts of bill-crafting or constituent coffee chats; instead, they’re looking to score political points and get rewarded for their obedience. The fallout? Ignorance-fueled gridlock, wasted resources, and a failure to craft working solutions for Wyoming.
Wyoming Grit won't let this slide. This is just part one—who they are. Stay tuned as we expose what they're doing next and how you can fight back. Because real freedom isn't handed down by text; it's earned right here, on Wyoming soil.
