How ‘Moms for Liberty’ grew into a 2024 Republican power player
Former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are slated to address the organization, conceived of during the school closures and mask mandate clashes of the Covid-19 pandemic, and which now advocates for what it describes as “parent power” in public education.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights watchdog, in 2022 labeled the group a “far-right organization that engages in anti-student inclusion activities and self-identifies as part of the modern parental rights movement.” Among the public comments flagged by the SPLC was a tweet last summer from the group’s account that called gender dysphoria “a mental health disorder that is being normalized by predators across the USA.
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