freeman first entered the political world as a precinct chairman in the hall county republican party in 2012, and that year served as a delegate for hall county to the georgia republican party's state convention, where he was noted for arguing in favor of strict constitutional construction regarding a party resolution on the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2012. the next year, freeman was voted in as chairman for the georgia ninth district of the republican liberty caucus and was recognized at the 2013 state convention for his arguments that the state party should abide very strictly by its established rules. freeman also took up a leadership role in the lanier tea party patriots, where he twice served as a master of ceremonies for their annual tax-day rally.