[Source](https://thefederalist.com/2026/02/12/wv-lawmakers-launch-freedom-caucus-to-take-on-undocumented-democrats-in-the-gop/) > A coalition of West Virginia Republican lawmakers is launching a state freedom caucus to “restore constitutional federalism” to the state’s GOP-controlled government, The Federalist has learned. This makes West Virginia the 14th state to create such a freedom caucus. > “Two-hundred-fifty years ago … American patriots organized to resist unjust taxation, gun confiscation, and the lack of self-determination, and I think it’s especially fitting that we are launching the West Virginia Freedom Caucus on the 250th anniversary [of our nation] to restore those same rights back to West Virginia,” West Virginia Freedom Caucus (WVFC) Chair and Republican Rep. Chris Anders told The Federalist. > Officially launched Thursday, the WVFC was created to tackle a problem often witnessed in Republican-dominated legislatures in “red states,” according to Anders. That is, when “you look at how the legislature actually governs … they’re really not pushing a true conservative agenda.”