Conservative grassroots organization FreedomWorks closing down

The conservative activist group FreedomWorks is closing down after 40 years, the organization confirmed Wednesday.

“We're dissolved,” said FreedomWorks Presidents Adam Brandon said in a statement. “It’s effective immediately.”

Wednesday is the last workday for the group’s employees, but staffers will receive paychecks and healthcare benefits for the next few months. In an exclusive interview with Politico, Brandon said that the shutdown was driven by a division between the Trump-populist wing of the GOP and the libertarian-leaning members of the group.

“A lot of our base aged, and so the new activists that have come in [with] Trump, they tend to be much more populist,” he said. “So you look at the base and that just kind of shifted.” 

Brandon explained that he would get calls from donors complaining about the group supporting Trump too much and calls from other donors saying they weren't doing enough to help Trump.

“It is an impossible position,” he said.