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   Florida Republicans Demand Answers: Did Biden Admin Partner With SPLC To   
   Label Parental Rights Groups As "Extremists"?   
      
      
      
      
   Moms for Liberty is a far-right organization that engages in anti-student   
   inclusion activities and self-identifies as part of the modern parental   
   rights movement. The group grew out of opposition to public health   
   regulations for COVID-19, opposes LGBTQ+ and racially inclusive school   
   curriculum, and has advocated books bans.   
      
   Moms for Liberty   
   Extremist Group Info:   
   Date Founded   
   2021   
   Location   
   Brevard County, Florida with chapters across the U.S.   
   Ideology   
   Antigovernment General   
      
   Moms for Liberty is an antigovernment organization founded in 2021 by   
   former Florida school board members, Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich.   
   Current Sarasota County, Florida school board member, Bridget Ziegler,   
   was   
   also a co-founder. She has since left the group, leaving Justice and   
   Descovich at the helm.   
      
   Moms for Liberty and its nationwide chapters combat what they consider   
   the   
   “woke indoctrination” of children by advocating for book bans in school   
   libraries and endorsing candidates for public office that align with the   
   group's views. They also use their multiple social media platforms to   
   target teachers and school officials, advocate for the abolition of the   
   Department of Education, advance a conspiracy propaganda, and spread   
   hateful imagery and rhetoric against the LGBTQ community. In Their Own   
   Words   
      
   “The K-12 Cartel - also known as the National Teachers Union (NEA) - met   
   and drafted a proposal to replace the word ‘Mother’ with ‘Birthing   
   Person.’ This is insane and insulting to every mom in America. But don’t   
   worry, relief is coming ... Because as the Teachers Union pushes an   
   agenda   
   focused on everything BUT educating our children, American Parents are   
   rising up, taking back our school districts and putting the focus back on   
   educating our children. To be clear - You will not be seeing ‘Moms for   
   Liberty’ rebranded as ‘Birthing Persons for Liberty’ anytime soon.” —   
   Tiffany Justice, Moms for Liberty on Fox News on July 7, 2022   
      
   “Gender dysphoria is a mental health disorder that is being normalized by   
   predators across the USA. California kids are at extreme risk from   
   predatory adults. Now they want to ‘liberate’ children all over the   
   country. Does a double mastectomy on a preteen sound like progress?’ —   
   Tweet from Moms for Liberty on July 25, 2022, tweet regarding California   
   SB 107 gender transition bill that got their account suspended.   
      
   “If I had any mental issues, they would have been plowed down with a gun   
   by now.&rdqduo; — Melissa “Missy” Bosch (Lonoke County, AR Chapter) was   
   indicted for terroristic threatening towards the faculty and staff of   
   Cabot School district. She was recorded musing about gunning down a   
   school   
   librarian.   
      
   “The children are confused ... because of these insane agendas that are   
   being shoved down their throats … Even the shooter — what, an 18-year-old   
   transgender boy trying to be a girl?” — Eulalia Jimenez (chair of Moms   
   for   
   Liberty, Miami Chapter) spreading disinformation about the Uvalde, Texas,   
   shooter   
      
   “We’ve got $500 for the person that first successfully catches a public   
   school teacher breaking this law. Student, parents, teachers, school   
   staff   
   … We want to know! We pledge anonymity if you want.” — Tweeted by Moms   
   for   
   Liberty NH on November 12, 2021, regarding the law banning the teaching   
   of   
   CRT and retweeted by national Moms for Liberty.   
      
   “Is this an example of Munchausen syndrome by proxy?”   
   — Comment and retweet by main Moms for Liberty account; Tiffany Justice   
   Tweet (Moms for Liberty Cofounder) re: a mother discussing her 4-year-old   
   “exploring his gender.”   
      
   “My line in the sand is calling a singular human ‘they/them.’ Go ahead   
   and   
   call me mean names. I can take it.” — Retweeted by main Moms for Liberty   
   account; Tweet by Tina Descovich (Moms for Liberty Cofounder) regarding   
   pronouns in the workplace.   
      
   “I raise my children. The government does not. We do not co-parent with   
   the government. And there are certain sensitive subjects that we would   
   like to be directing the conversation around for our children … Parents   
   are very concerned about this idea about gender identity that was never   
   discussed in our public schools, and it is now taking a front row seat in   
   our children’s education. And it is affecting everything they do,   
   including for many of our girls, how safe they feel in the bathrooms at   
   their school.” — Tiffany Justice in C-SPAN2 About Books interview   
      
   “Due to threats from the left, we made the decision to move all future   
   Moms for Liberty meetings to DCF Guns East upstairs conf room. It is   
   safe,   
   impenetrable by protestors or otherwise. Now WE have a #safespace as the   
   libs call it. Thank you to DCF. See you this Tues @ DCF 5:30P.” — Tweet   
   from Darcy Schoening, Chair of Moms for Liberty – El Paso County, CO   
   commenting on moving Mom of Liberty meeting to the gun range is co-owned   
   by Joe Oltmann.   
      
   “The kids that do have their, you know, they’re confused, or they are gay   
   or whatnot that the way they’re trying to go about it is to make it an   
   open conversation and an open thing in classrooms … But like for example   
   children with autism, Down Syndrome, they have to have special IP   
   meetings   
   with a counselor, they have to be put into separate classrooms. I   
   understand, because it’s a different type of education for children with   
   those disabilities, but I think that for children that identify   
   differently, there should also be like a specialized … something for   
   them,   
   so that they feel that they’re important enough that they’re being   
   counseled…I think for the same reason why teachers wouldn’t just bring a   
   child with autism in front of the class and be like, hey, he’s got   
   autism.   
   Embarrassment …” — Crystal Alonso (member of Moms for Liberty, Miami-Dade   
   County, FL) discussing the need for special classes for LGBTQ students   
   Background   
      
   Moms for Liberty is an anti-student inclusion group that presents itself   
   as a modern parents’ rights organization that seeks to “unify, educate,   
   and empower parents to defend and protect their parental rights at every   
   level of government.” The group’s website appears to align with this   
   mission, featuring general information about the organization and its   
   chapters, resources for parents, and links to press skewed in the group’s   
   favor. The social media accounts and real-world activity of the national   
   organization and its chapters reflect views and actions that are   
   antigovernment and conspiracy propagandist, anti-LGBTQ and anti-gender   
   identity, and anti-inclusive curriculum.   
      
      
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