FreedomWorks Endorses Miss. GOP Primary Challenger Who Attended Neo-Confederate Conference

Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, tells colleagues about his opposition to an amendment for Medicaid expansion Friday, June 28, 2013 as the Republican-controlled Senate debates at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. The a... Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, tells colleagues about his opposition to an amendment for Medicaid expansion Friday, June 28, 2013 as the Republican-controlled Senate debates at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. The amendment was defeated. The Senate voted overwhelmingly to renew and fund Medicaid beyond this coming weekend, when the program has been set to expire. Both Medicaid bills are on their way to Gov. Phil Bryant who is expected to sign them into law.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) MORE LESS
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FreedomWorks endorsed Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) for Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R-MS) Senate seat, according to an announcement from McDaniel’s campaign.

“FreedomWorks is proud to endorse Chris McDaniel for U.S. Senate,” FreedomWorks Vice President of Public Policy Dean Clancy said in a statement. “He is the clear choice for fiscal conservatives and lovers of liberty across the state of Mississippi.”

The FreedomWorks endorsement comes after McDaniel made headlines for attending a neo-Confederate conference in Laurel, Mississippi in August. News that McDaniel attended the conference broke after he was endorsed by other influential conservative groups including the Senate Conservatives Fund, the Club for Growth and The Madison Project. 

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