Rep. Marlin Stutzman spoke with Fox News Digital about returning to Congress after an eight-year hiatus.
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Rep.MarlinStutzman,R-Ind.,hasspentthebetterpartofthelastdecadeinIndiana,runningvariousbusinessesandcoachinghissons’baseballteam.
Beforethat,hehadafront-rowseatformostoftheObamaadministration,followedbythemeteoricandunprecedentedriseofnow-PresidentDonaldTrump.Stutzmanwasapartofpoliticalhistoryhimself,havingbeenoneoftheoriginalmembersoftheHouseFreedomCaucus—agroupthathasgrowntobeknownasabastionofideologicalconservatismand,attimes,athorninthesideofHouseGOPleaders.
Nowhe’sbackasoneofseveralfirst-termHouseRepublicans,succeedingSen.JimBanks,R-Ind.,asamemberofaperilouslythinHouseGOPmajority.
ButaccordingtoStutzman,whopreviouslyservedinCongressfrom2010to2017,heseesRepublicansasmorealignedwitheachotherthanbefore.
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“Ifeellikeit’sdifferent.Idon’tthinktheGOPconferenceisasfarapart—youknow,moderatestoconservatives—asitwa
