Moms for Liberty clout keeps rising as Trump, DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy, Hutchinson address group’s summit
FOX NewsJul 04, 2023
The Facts
A slate of high-profile GOP figures, including many 2024 US presidential hopefuls, are expected to speak at the annual conference of conservative advocacy group Moms for Liberty this Friday and Saturday in Philadelphia.
The two-year-old group has reportedly grown to over 115K members in 45 states, attributing much of its growth to its educational advocacy, which includes opposition to teaching LGBTQ+ issues, critical race theory, and allegedly pornographic material in schools.
The Spin
Republican narrative
Parents in this country are rising against bureaucrats who think they can raise their children better than them, and their meteoric rise has only shown the resonance of their message, cutting across racial and geographic lines. Their movement isn't about targeting any specific group in the country but about reaffirming that parents object to the woke agenda that has infiltrated the public education system.
Democratic narrative
There's no mistake about what Moms for Liberty stands for: The censorship of issues they find unsavory, particularly around racial and sexual minorities. This group is nothing but a front for the GOP's hateful agenda, which masks its true intentions behind "parent's rights." It's very telling that every major candidate is lining up to get in their good graces.
