Dear Friend, 

As we enter the final stretch of summer, our eyes are turning toward legislatures heading back into session and the important battles that lie ahead. But that doesn’t mean things slowed down this week—in fact, our state freedom caucuses have been fighting around the clock for you and keeping the pressure on all across the country.

Some even made national headlines! Here are the top stories.

ARIZONA

Suanne Edmiston, our Arizona state director, does amazing work to help the Arizona Freedom Caucus organize and strategize.  But now she has an additional role and we couldn’t be more excited: she was recently appointed to the Phoenix Elementary School Board.

Predictably, the Left is now fuming.  A liberal media outlet ran this headline:

"Far-right schools chief put MAGA ally on downtown Phoenix school board"

You couldn’t ask for a better endorsement! We know Suanne is going to do a great job and we're thrilled for her and the many families who will benefit from her relentless leadership to protect parental rights and children in schools.

WYOMING

Liberal Republican State Senator Eric Barlow recently announced that he's going to run for governor in Wyoming.

In the past, such announcements would generally be viewed as just another "Republican running for governor in a Republican state.” Business as usual, not a big deal.

But with our state freedom caucuses, these RINOs get exposed right out of the gate before they can trick the voters into thinking they are conservative.

And that's just what the Wyoming Freedom Caucus did.  Not only that, they got national attention for it with a headline exposing Barlow’s record for what it is.  See below for the Fox News headline.

Gone are the days where RINOs can gaslight voters while quietly amassing power in politics.

PENNSYLVANIA

Earlier this month, a shocking report broke revealing that a sex offender in Pennsylvania was able to adopt a child because of a strange loophole in the law related to surrogacy.  According to a local news report:

"Though traditional surrogacy is treated like an adoption in Pennsylvania and includes criminal background checks and clearances, that’s not the case for gestational surrogacy — where the surrogate mother carries a lab-created embryo using donor egg and sperm, often through in vitro fertilization."

Pennsylvania Freedom Caucus member, State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, immediately sprang into action and announced he was writing legislation to close the loophole.  From the article, "[Bernstine] said he already received bipartisan support and will contact the Democratic majority leadership in the House toward fast-tracking the bill, which he expects to introduce within days."

It's horrendous that this adoption happened in the first place, but we have alerted all 13 of our state freedom caucuses to see if such a loophole exists in their states so we can file similar legislation.  Our hope is that we can quickly pass this into law—regardless of which party is in control of these respective state capitols—so that innocent children are protected. 

HELP US GROW

With summer winding down, now is the time to double down on growing our movement. Now is the time to help us expand into new states, while keeping our current states strong.

Every dollar counts and helps us ramp up pressure and ensure freedom flourishes across the country—especially now. Can we count on your support today?

Together, we’ll turn up the heat—and the momentum.

We'll be back with another update next week.  Until then, please be sure to support our efforts so that we can support our State Freedom Caucuses!

In Liberty,

Andy Roth

President

State Freedom Caucus Network