MAGA Extremism

South Carolina Republican Celebrates Far-Right Group On House Floor

The Conservative Partnership Institute is made up of affiliated groups that promote a far-right MAGA agenda

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Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) took to the House floor last week to praise the Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI), a nonprofit promoting a far-right agenda while billing itself as dedicated to the professional development of conservative staffers and elected officials.

Why It’s Problematic

Aside from the obvious, CPI is a network of closely affiliated think tanks, legal groups, training, and media centers devoted to the makeover of the federal government to implement a Christian Nationalist agenda.

CPI’s 2021 Annual Report to its partners is telling.

“In 2021 the House Freedom Caucus, the Senate Steering Committee, Congressional Chiefs of Staff, Congressional Communicators, Congressional Legislative Directors, and numerous…