EXCLUSIVE – Libertarian Caucus Rep. Lauren Bobert is expected to fire a shot at the House Republican leadership in her speech at CPAC on Saturday, demanding that a potential GOP majority aggressively enact several conservative priorities. “Myself and fellow warriors in the House Freedom Caucus, we are ready for battle,” Boebert, R-Colo., plans to say in a speech Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, according to a transcript obtained by Fox News. The comments suggest he may not support Republicans seeking election to the House leadership if Republicans win a majority, including current Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who plans to run for president “I wish I could tell you that I had complete faith in the leadership of the Republican Party in both the House and the Senate to defund the deep state and hold the Biden regime accountable,” he is expected to say. “But I don’t. I have been disappointed too many times. HOUSE DEMOCRATS BEAR FIGHT AGAINST GOP SOCIAL SPENDING, TAX BILL AS SENATE MOVES TO VOTE Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., will deliver a speech Saturday at CPAC. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) “And any member of Congress, from freshmen to those in leadership, who will not fight with me to end medical tyranny, secure the southern border, and fire Anthony Fauci, will not have my support. Not in their re-election and certainly not for speaker,” Bobert’s speech continues. “The Freedom Caucus fired John Boehner, walked away from tough Paul Ryan, and we will not tolerate another GOP speaker who works more with Democrats than Republicans. “House Republicans must stop funding tyranny. I will not vote to fund a government that mandates the COVID vaccine while allowing our country to be invaded by millions of unvaccinated aliens. End the vax mandate for workers in hospitals and our service members, build the wall or I vote to shut down Biden’s bureaucrats.” HOUSE AUDITOR CHIEF KEN MCCARTHY MEET WITH DEPARTMENT ON INTERIM ‘ENGAGEMENT IN AMERICA’ STRATEGY Bobert added, “Any bill that funds tyranny while our country is being invaded, my allies in the Freedom Caucus are a no, and I am a no.” The salvo comes as Republicans are widely expected to take a majority in the House of Representatives in the midterm elections. That will help Republicans seeking to block President Biden’s proposed liberal policies and probe his administration with the committee’s subpoena power. But it could also highlight divisions within the party as GOP leaders are forced to work with Biden and a potential Democratic majority in the Senate on must-pass bills to fund the government, raise the debt limit and more. GOP firebrands like Boebert and her fellow Freedom Caucus members often aim to use their leverage on these bills to enact what they say are key conservative policies. Top Republicans, such as former House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, often see the caucus as a thorn in their side. “What Nancy Pelosi and other reasonable Democrats – those who have been old enough to know how things work – are facing from the AOC and her team reminds me a lot of what I had to deal with during my days as speaker from far-right dudes from the Tea Party or the Freedom Caucus or whatever they called themselves,” Boehner wrote in his book, “On the House.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The Freedom Caucus will wield much more leverage if the GOP is in the majority. And Bobert is expected on Saturday to take a swipe at top Republicans such as McCarthy in California, demanding support for implementing the Freedom Caucus’s priority policies. In addition to Boebert, Kimberly Guilfoyle and former President Donald Trump are scheduled to speak at CPAC. Fox Nation is a sponsor of CPAC 2022. Tyler Olson covers politics for Fox News Digital. He can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter at @TylerOlson1791.
