Tiffany Justice, co-founder, Moms for Liberty, left, and American Principles Project President Terry Schilling | Moms4Liberty.org / Americanprinciplesproject.org
Tiffany Justice, co-founder, Moms for Liberty, left, and American Principles Project President Terry Schilling | Moms4Liberty.org / Americanprinciplesproject.org
The co-founder of Fla.-based Moms for Liberty criticized the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) after SPLC included Moms for Liberty in its recently-released “Year In Hate and Extremism 2022” report.
"If it is now 'hate' or 'extreme' or 'antigovernment' to ask questions of public education officials," tweeted Tiffany Justice, "what does that say about parents’ ability to be involved in their children’s education?"
Justice co-founded Moms for Liberty with two other moms in Melbourne, Fla. The organization, which has chapters in thirty-one Fla. counties, was officially incorporated in 2021. The group's website says its mission is "fighting for the survival of America by unifying, educating and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government."
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) and former President Donald Trump (R) are scheduled to speak at the Moms for Liberty national summit later this month.
The SPLC says its report includes “1225 hate and anti-government groups across the U.S" and names Moms for Liberty and all of the organization's local chapters throughout the U.S.
Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, said that “Moms for Liberty has been targeted not because they are 'extreme' but because they are effective," reported Old Dominion News.
The Washington Free Beacon reported on June 7, 2023 that White House records show the author of the report, Susan Corke, director of the SPLC's Intelligence Project, met with members of the Biden Administration on January 6 of this year.
"While it is unclear what Corke discussed in the White House visit, the meeting was held amid growing pressure on the Biden administration to track parents upset by schools' coronavirus policies and left-wing classroom curricula," reported the Free Beacon. "Moms for Liberty and Parents Defending Education have emerged as the leading grassroots groups in the movement against mask mandates at schools and curricula that promote critical race theory and transgender issues."
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