Politics

Conservative stars to join rally supporting Meadows

By Bill Moss, Published: June 9, 2017

A rally in support of U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows will feature Wall Street Journal columnist and Trump adviser Stephen Moore and FreedomWorks President Adam Brandon, the Asheville Tea Party announced.

The two conservative policy stars will join Meadows supporters for the rally at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 15, at the Golden Corral at 2535 Chimney Rock Road. At 2:30 the supporters plan to rally outside Meadows' 11th District office at the Grove Street Courthouse.

Moore, who served as senior economic adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, is a Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Project for Economic Growth for the Heritage Foundation, a former president of the Club for Growth and a member of the Wall Street Journal editorial board. In addition to authoring many New York Times best-selling books, Moore served as a Fox News analyst, is a present senior economics analyst for CNN and serves as senior economic contributor for Freedomworks.

Brandon previously served as the executive vice president of FreedomWorks and vice president of communications for the organization. Before joining FreedomWorks, Brandon served as a program director at the Junior Statesmen Foundation in Washington, DC, and was campaign manager for Ohio State Rep. Bryan Williams’ bid to become mayor of Akron, Ohio. Adam was a press assistant on Sen. John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign. He also taught American History, Government and International Relations at Emerson Preparatory School in Washington, DC.

For information and to RSVP contact Asheville Tea Party Chair Jane Bilello at 828-692-3117 or Jane@AshevilleTeaParty.org.