{"id":2210476,"date":"2024-04-01T10:30:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T14:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-caucus-chairman-bob-good-blasted-for-coming-to-dc-to-be-famous\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T10:30:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T14:30:51","slug":"freedom-caucus-chairman-bob-good-blasted-for-coming-to-dc-to-be-famous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-caucus-chairman-bob-good-blasted-for-coming-to-dc-to-be-famous\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Good, Chairman of the Freedom Caucus, criticized for seeking fame in Washington, DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffreedom-caucus-chairman-bob-good-blasted-for-coming-to-dc-to-be-famous%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2210476&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Derrick Van\u200d Orden from Wisconsin intensified efforts to remove House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good from Virginia, accusing him\u2064 of seeking fame in Washington. Good faces internal \u200dopposition within his caucus, with Speaker Mike Johnson urging restraint. Van Orden criticized Good&#8217;s impact on governance, while Good dismissed the criticism during a recent campaign trip.\u2063 Rep. Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin\u200c has escalated efforts to oust House Freedom Caucus \u200bChairman Bob Good of Virginia, alleging Good&#8217;s pursuit of fame in \u200dWashington. Good\u200b is met \u200dwith internal resistance in his caucus, as \u200cSpeaker Mike Johnson advises caution. Van Orden criticized Good&#8217;s governance\u2063 influence, to which Good responded during a campaign outing.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) turned up the heat on a pressure campaign to oust House <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/freedom-caucus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Freedom Caucus<\/a> Chairman Bob Good (R-VA), accusing the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Virginian<\/a> of coming to Washington \u201cto be famous.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Good is fighting off a campaign coming from within his caucus to remove him, infighting that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has asked his members to refrain from carrying out. Good was one of eight House Republicans who voted to oust former Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kevin McCarthy<\/a> late last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBob Good didn\u2019t come here to govern. He came here to be famous,\u201d Van Orden told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/31\/politics\/bob-good-primary-fight-virginia\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CNN<\/a>. \u201cBob Good\u2019s wearing our jersey, and he\u2019s not on the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at what we have not been able to accomplish in this Congress, it\u2019s predominantly because of Bob Good and his ilk,\u201d Van Orden said. <\/p>\n<p>Good shrugged off Van Orden\u2019s attack during a campaign trip in his Virginia district this weekend alongside Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Chip Roy (R-TX). <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve never heard of Derrick Van Orden,\u201d Good said about his constituents. \u201cThey could care less what Derrick Van Orden thinks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He later said that questions about what other Republicans think of him are \u201cstupid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou come to these things, and you ask questions that nobody here cares about,\u201d he said. \u201cYou bring up Derrick Van Orden, which is a joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRINOs, establishment moderates do nothing to influence Republican primary elections,\u201d Good said, using the shorthand to refer to \u201cRepublicans in Name Only.\u201d \u201cConservative, courageous warriors like those endorsing me today and being here with me today are the ones who my constituents care about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Good\u2019s opponent, state Sen. John McGuire, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2942562\/freedom-caucus-chairman-bob-good-on-the-rocks-with-trump-and-his-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>endorsed<\/a> by other firebrand Republicans such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), did not agree with Good. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are helping the Democrat team take out the Republican team, who is the RINO?\u201d McGuire said.<\/p>\n<p>McGuire announced he was challenging Good when the congressman endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) over former President Donald Trump in the contested presidential primary. After DeSantis dropped out of the race, Good dropped his support and said he was endorsing the former president. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the Trump team recognizes that I am a genuine Trump supporter,\u201d Good told the <em>Washington Post<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019ve said many times that he was the greatest president of my lifetime. I supported him in 2016. I supported him in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good campaigned alongside Mark Meadows, Trump\u2019s former chief of staff, this weekend. However, the Trump campaign remains unsure of Good\u2019s loyalty to the former president. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBob Good won\u2019t be electable by the time we get done with him,\u201d Chris LaCivita, Trump\u2019s campaign manager, previously said. When asked at the campaign event about whether Trump might endorse Good, he said, \u201cMy focus is on electing Donald Trump the 47th president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) intensified pressure to remove House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good (R-VA), alleging Good seeks fame in Washington. 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