Struggling to find consensus within their own ranks, the conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus have decided they will not vote as a block in Thursday’s House GOP election for Speaker, according to one its members.
Instead the group will focus their strategy on the Oct. 29 election on the House floor.
Rep. John Fleming, a Louisiana Republican, says the group decided after Tuesday’s candidate interviews to go into Thursday’s secret ballot vote “noncommittal” and each conservative member of the Freedom Caucus will vote their conscience.