Pence’s AAF Plans 8-Figure Capitalism Push Through 2028 as GOP Embraces Interventionism
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Updated · POLITICO · Aug 15
Pence’s AAF Plans 8-Figure Capitalism Push Through 2028 as GOP Embraces Interventionism
1 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Aug 15
Summary
Advancing American Freedom is discussing an eight-figure, multiyear campaign to persuade Republican officials and candidates to back free-market capitalism, with a rollout expected this fall and lasting through the 2028 election cycle.
Mike Pence’s group is responding to a GOP shift away from traditional market orthodoxy as Trump-era tariffs and other interventions moved protectionism into the party mainstream — and even survived into the Biden years.
Republican populists are already framing a different economic message for 2028: Josh Hawley touts “covenant economics,” Marco Rubio has pushed “common-good capitalism,” and JD Vance argues dignity matters more than GDP.
A recent online fight over $20 burritos became a proxy for that divide, with Vance warning Republicans against “throwing slogans” about the free market at younger voters struggling with living costs.
The effort underscores a widening Pence-Trump split and suggests the party’s old guard sees the battle over capitalism versus conservative interventionism as a post-2028 fight for the GOP’s identity.
Can a multimillion-dollar push for traditional free markets actually solve the crushing cost-of-living crisis facing today's economically exhausted youth?
As AI rapidly transforms society, will strict new safety regulations inevitably collide with the growing movement to champion unregulated free-market capitalism?