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The '''Freedom Force''' is an informal coalition of several Republican members of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] established in 2021. It was first coined by [[Maria Elvira Salazar]] of [[Florida]] and comprises Salazar, [[Carlos A. Giménez]], and [[Byron Donalds]] of Florida, [[Nicole Malliotakis]] of [[New York]], [[Michelle Steel]] of [[California]], [[Victoria Spartz]] of [[Indiana]], [[Burgess Owens]] of [[Utah]], and [[Stephanie Bice]] of [[Oklahoma]]. It has been described as a [[conservativ]]e alternative to the progressive group, [[The Squad]] established by [[socialist]] congresswoman [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] of New York. Both the Freedom Force and The Squad began as groupings of then freshman class members. Members of the Freedom Force denounce [[socialism]] and support small businesses.

The '''Freedom Force''' is an informal coalition of several Republican members of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] established in 2021. It was first coined by [[Maria Elvira Salazar]] of [[Florida]] and comprises Salazar, [[Carlos A. Giménez]], and [[Byron Donalds]] of Florida, [[Nicole Malliotakis]] of [[New York]], [[Michelle Steel]] of [[California]], [[Victoria Spartz]] of [[Indiana]], [[Burgess Owens]] of [[Utah]], and [[Stephanie Bice]] of [[Oklahoma]].

 

It has been described as a conservative alternative to the [[far-left]] group, The Squad, which was established by [[socialist]]s [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] (D-NY), [[Ilhan Omar]] (D-MN), [[Rashida Tlaib]] (D-MI), and [[Ayanna Pressley]] (D-MA).

 

Both the Freedom Force and The Squad began as groupings of then freshman class members. While all members of the Squad are under 50 years of age, members of the Freedom Force range from 40 to 69 years of age. In addition, while all members of the Squad represent safe, solidly Democrat congressional districts that have a Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI) score above D+20, members of the Freedom Force represent competitive districts, with each individual's 2020 race being decided by a few percentage points. Byron Donalds is the lone exception, who won his election with over 60% of the vote.

 

At the moment, the Freedom Force is majority-female by a 5 to 3 margin. It is also majority-minority, with three [[Hispanic|Hispanic Americans]] (Salazar, Gimenez, and Malliotakis), two [[African American]]s (Donalds and Owens), one Korean-American (Steel), one [[Ukrainian]] immigrant (Spartz), and the first [[Iranian]] member of Congress (Bice). Members of the Freedom Force denounce [[socialism]] and support small businesses. They also oppose the [[Green New Deal]] and oppose [[court-packing]].

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