House GOP tailors America First-inspired message for midterm elections

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway pauses as she speaks to the media outside the White House, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) more >House Republicans are working with a Trump-inspired Washington think tank to craft a midterm election message focused on the party’s defense of freedom and rule of law, The Washington Times has learned.

GOP lawmakers huddled with members of America First Policy Institute on Friday in House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s conference room in the Capitol, honing talking points on rising crime and inflation.

AFPI’s Kellyanne Conway, who served as a senior counselor to President Trump, told the gathering that their message has to…