“Three amigos” take their spots at House GOP table

Incoming House Republicans like Brian Jack, Riley Moore, Brandon Gill, and Michael Baumgartner are already starting to make their marks.

Incoming Reps. Brandon Gill, Brian Jack, and Riley Moore aren’t sworn in yet, but they’ve already been dubbed by GOP strategists as the “three amigos” — a trio of young conservatives, committed to President Donald Trump’s agenda. The trio is already ubiquitous on the Hill, and is now poised to punch well above its weight-class in the next Congress.

Moore and Jack won contested elections to serve on the Elected Leadership Committee (ELC) and as the freshman class’s representative on the Steering Committee, respectively. Gill, a former conservative journalist, had the field to himself in his bid to become the freshman class’s president.

Observers of the House note the three have complementary skill sets. A former Hill staffer and current state Treasurer in West Virginia, Moore has a deep knowledge of policy and process. A longtime aide to both former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and to Trump, Jack knows the politics of the GOP and Washington, D.C. better than some veteran legislators. Gill is practically conservative media royalty — he’s married to Danielle D’Souza and founded the D.C. Enquirer, a conservative media platform, before running for office, making him a natural advocate for the class in the right-leaning press.

The three incoming congressmen were also joined by incoming Rep. Michael Baumgartner, who won a spot to sit on the Republican Policy Committee (RPC). Rep. Kevin Hern (R., Okla.) also ousted the incumbent chair of the RPC, and Rep. August Pfluger (R., Texas) was elected to succeed Hern as chair of the powerful Republican Study Committee (RSC).