Freedom Force

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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 conservative alternative to the far-left group, The Squad, which was established by socialists 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 Americans (Salazar, Gimenez, and Malliotakis), two African Americans (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.