1. Robert George Good was born on September 11,1965 and is an American politician.
44 Facts About Bob Good
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Bob Good worked at his alma mater, Liberty University, and for Citi.
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Bob Good was first elected to Congress in 2020, after defeating incumbent Denver Riggleman in the Republican primary.
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Bob Good supported the removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House and became chair of the House Freedom Caucus in January 2024.
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Bob Good endorsed Ron DeSantis in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries.
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Bob Good faced a primary challenge from state senator John McGuire, who was endorsed by Donald Trump.
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Bob Good resigned as chair of the Freedom Caucus on September 17,2024.
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Bob Good was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and lived in North Jersey before moving to Lynchburg, Virginia, with his family at age nine.
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Bob Good attended Liberty Christian Academy, where he was a member of the wrestling team.
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Bob Good was awarded a partial wrestling scholarship to Liberty University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in finance and a Master of Business Administration.
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Bob Good was a member of the Campbell County Board of Supervisors from 2016 to 2019.
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Bob Good ran against incumbent Denver Riggleman in the Republican nominating convention for in the United States House of Representatives.
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Bob Good campaigned on a conservative platform, espousing hard-line views on immigration policy and opposition to same-sex marriage and aligning himself with President Donald Trump.
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Bob Good called for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and opposed mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bob Good did not wear a face covering or encourage the wearing of face coverings at campaign events, and opposed restrictions on businesses to slow the spread of the virus.
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Bob Good suggested that the wearing of face coverings might be harmful.
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Bob Good initially backed Ron DeSantis, who was a founder of the Freedom Caucus, against Trump in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries.
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Bob Good considered DeSantis more of a "true conservative" than Trump on issues like abortion and gun control.
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Bob Good later switched his endorsement to Trump after DeSantis backed out of the primary.
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Bob Good continued to use campaign signage featuring Trump's name and image, resulting in Trump sending a cease-and-desist letter to Bob Good.
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McGuire was backed by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who Bob Good voted to remove from the speakership.
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Representative Warren Davidson, a fellow member of the Freedom Caucus, took an unprecedented step in backing McGuire against Bob Good, who chaired the Caucus.
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Bob Good lost the primary election to McGuire in June 2024.
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Bob Good did not concede and promised a recount of the votes.
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Bob Good cast doubt on the legitimacy of the election, inaccurately claiming that fires broke out at polling places and alleging a lack of security for election drop boxes in Lynchburg, where Bob Good sought to block certification of election results.
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Bob Good insinuated that his primary election loss was marred by fraud, drawing ridicule from fellow Republican members of Congress.
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Bob Good sought to block the certification of election results in Lynchburg, the biggest city in the district.
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Bob Good said that while the virus was real, the pandemic was "phony".
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Bob Good told a maskless crowd that "this is a phony pandemic" and, the next day, suggested that precautions to prevent the spread of the disease were a "hoax".
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On January 6,2021, Bob Good voted against certifying the election of President-elect Biden.
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On June 17,2021, Bob Good was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.
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On June 26,2021, Bob Good appeared at Bedford County, Virginia's, second annual militia muster, saying he was happy to be at the event with "proud patriots and constitutional conservatives who are doing their part to help strengthen our nation and to fight for the things that we believe in".
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In July 2021, Bob Good voted against the bipartisan ALLIES Act, which would have increased the number of special immigrant visas for Afghan allies of the US military by 8,000 during its invasion of Afghanistan while reducing some application requirements that caused long application backlogs.
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In September 2021, Bob Good was among 75 House Republicans to vote against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2022, which contains a provision that would require women to register for selective service.
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In October 2021, Bob Good encouraged a group of high school students from Rappahannock County, Virginia, to defy a local school mask mandate, saying, "If nobody in Rappahannock complies, they can't stop everyone".
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In November 2021, Bob Good wrote Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin a letter asking Youngkin to halt a federal mask mandate once he took office.
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In December 2021, Bob Good was among 19 House Republicans to vote against the final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
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On January 11,2022, Bob Good urged fellow Republicans to boycott the Capitol Hill Club, a popular dining spot for Republican officials, after it mandated that all guests must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
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In September 2022, Bob Good was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.
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Bob Good has been a supporter of efforts to impeach President Joe Biden.
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Bob Good supported the removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House arguing he failed to deliver on promises to reduce government spending.
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Bob Good voted to support Israel following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.
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Bob Good was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.
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Bob Good has described himself as a born-again Christian and a "biblical conservative".