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== Runner-up tier ==

== Runner-up tier ==

* Matthew Rosendale, for being the only incumbent member of Congress to have a perfect lifetime score from ''The New American'' at the end of the 117th Congress.[https://thenewamerican.com/freedom-index/legislator/?search=&congress=&state=&party=&chamber=]

* Matt Rosendale, for being the only incumbent member of Congress to have a perfect lifetime score from ''The New American'' at the end of the 117th Congress.[https://thenewamerican.com/freedom-index/legislator/?search=&congress=&state=&party=&chamber=] Rosendale maintains Montana's isolationist tradition and principally votes in a consistent manner against interventionist legislation.

* Thomas Massie, for being the runner-up for the highest lifetime score from ''The New American'' for an incumbent member of Congress at the end of the 117th Congress, at a whopping 99 percent.[https://thenewamerican.com/freedom-index/legislator/?search=&congress=&state=&party=&chamber=]

* Thomas Massie, for being the runner-up for the highest lifetime score from ''The New American'' for an incumbent member of Congress at the end of the 117th Congress, at a whopping 99 percent.[https://thenewamerican.com/freedom-index/legislator/?search=&congress=&state=&party=&chamber=]

* Thomas P. Tiffany, who along with Marjorie Taylor Greene is tied for the third-highest lifetime score from ''The New American'' for an incumbent member of Congress at the end of the 117th Congress, at a whopping 97 percent.[https://thenewamerican.com/freedom-index/legislator/?search=&congress=&state=&party=&chamber=]

* Thomas P. Tiffany, who along with Marjorie Taylor Greene is tied for the third-highest lifetime score from ''The New American'' for an incumbent member of Congress at the end of the 117th Congress, at a whopping 97 percent.[https://thenewamerican.com/freedom-index/legislator/?search=&congress=&state=&party=&chamber=]

* [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]], CP Conservative of the Year alum who opposed the [[Ukraine aid]]/[[FTX scandal]]. She is also tied with Thomas P. Tiffany for for the third-highest lifetime score from ''The New American'' for an incumbent member of Congress at the end of the 117th Congress, at a whopping 97 percent.[https://thenewamerican.com/freedom-index/legislator/?search=&congress=&state=&party=&chamber=] However, she has very recently become an outspoken supporter of Kevin McCarthy for Speaker and has inappropriately compared fellow conservatives to NeverTrumpers for opposing him.[https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1605254678471618560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1605254678471618560%7Ctwgr%5E35f3025414e213f3cb43102f64215edbec7250db%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2022%2F12%2F20%2Fmtg-torches-mccarthys-opponents-risking-gavel-no-plan-speaker%2F]

* [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]], CP Conservative of the Year alum who opposed the [[Ukraine aid]]/[[FTX scandal]]. She is also tied with Thomas P. Tiffany for for the third-highest lifetime score from ''The New American'' for an incumbent member of Congress at the end of the 117th Congress, at a whopping 97 percent.[https://thenewamerican.com/freedom-index/legislator/?search=&congress=&state=&party=&chamber=] However, she has very recently become an outspoken supporter of Kevin McCarthy for Speaker and has inappropriately compared fellow conservatives to NeverTrumpers for opposing him.[https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1605254678471618560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1605254678471618560%7Ctwgr%5E35f3025414e213f3cb43102f64215edbec7250db%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2022%2F12%2F20%2Fmtg-torches-mccarthys-opponents-risking-gavel-no-plan-speaker%2F]

* Sen. [[Rick Scott]], for challenging the failed GOP Senate leadership by [[globalist]], anti-Trump [[Mitch McConnell]], although he did so too late.

* Sen. [[Rick Scott]], for challenging the failed GOP Senate leadership by [[globalist]], anti-Trump [[Mitch McConnell]], although he did so too late.

* [[Ron DeSantis]], for standing up for [[Conservative]] policies, for winning in a historic landslide, and whose House map helped the [[Republican Party|Republicans]] win the House of Representatives; but DeSantis failed to help [[Herschel Walker]] and thereby was [[AWOL]] as [[Dem]]s retook the [[U.S. Senate]]. He also has been incredibly disloyal to President Trump and forged alliances with [[NeverTrump]] donors in anticipation for 2024. In addition, he hogged RGA money in order to fund his 2024 war chest, to the detriment of fellow candidates.[https://nationalfile.com/republican-governors-association-builds-anti-trump-war-chest-with-ron-desantis/] He also may have resorted to cheating in order to inflate his margin of victory.[https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lindell-accuses-ron-desantis-benefitting-voter-fraud-1769100]  

* [[Ron DeSantis]], for standing up for [[Conservative]] policies, for winning in a historic landslide, and whose House map helped the [[Republican Party|Republicans]] win the House of Representatives; but DeSantis failed to help [[Herschel Walker]] and thereby was [[AWOL]] as [[Dem]]s retook the [[U.S. Senate]]. He also has been incredibly disloyal to President Trump and forged alliances with [[NeverTrump]] donors in anticipation for 2024. In addition, he hogged RGA money in order to fund his 2024 war chest, to the detriment of fellow candidates.[https://nationalfile.com/republican-governors-association-builds-anti-trump-war-chest-with-ron-desantis/] He also may have resorted to cheating in order to inflate his margin of victory.[https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lindell-accuses-ron-desantis-benefitting-voter-fraud-1769100]

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