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Florida GOP Chair Accused, School Board Member Faces Resignation Calls

Drama unfolds as Bridget Ziegler, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, faces calls to resign from the Sarasota County School Board amid a scandal.

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Florida school board votes to remove Moms for Liberty founder after husband accused of rape

Bridget Ziegler voted by school board to resign as member, the latest in a series of blows after husband’s rape allegations

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Florida school board may seek ouster of Moms for Liberty co-founder over Republican sex scandal

A Florida school board is scheduled to consider whether to seek the resignation of a co-founder of the conservative Moms for Liberty group, who is embroiled in the fallout of a sexual assault investigation into her husband, the Republican Party state chairman

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Republicans will do anything to ban books, even saying they cause porn addiction

One woman’s bizarre claim about a Scholastic book featuring a single kiss is part of a coordinated assault on US free speech

The Guardian - US

There’s plenty of hypocrisy with Moms for Liberty, other pious GOP frauds

Politically, Moms for Liberty has done the Republicans more harm than good by banning books, attacking teachers and librarians, and picking on LGBTQ students.

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Sen. Scott joins DeSantis in calling for resignation of state GOP chair amid rape investigation

The Republican Party of Florida chairman is facing mounting pressure to resign as police investigate a rape allegation

The Independent UK

Florida GOP chair denies rape claims as disturbing new details emerge

Christian Ziegler told detectives he had consensual group sex with the accuser and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, but denied sexual assault

The Independent UK

The GOP gives Moms for Liberty the boot

Gov. Ron DeSantis bet big on the book banners, but after electoral losses, even he's pushing them out the door

Salon

Florida Republican chairman won't resign over rape allegation, saying he is innocent

The chair of Florida’s Republican Party says he will not resign over a woman’s allegation that he raped her

The Independent UK

DeSantis says Florida GOP chair should resign amid rape allegation

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says state Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler should resign while police investigate a rape allegation against him

The Independent UK

Florida Republican party chair under investigation for alleged sexual assault

Christian Ziegler mentioned in heavily redacted police documents that includes the word ‘raped’, reports say

The Guardian - US

Florida GOP chair accused of rape by woman he and wife were reportedly having affair with

Christian Ziegler is under investigation for alleged sexual battery

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Moms for Liberty coordinator and local politician revealed to be registered sex offender

Phillip Fisher Jr, a volunteer with Moms for Liberty and local politician, was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a 14-year-old boy in 2012

The Guardian - US

Moms for Liberty outreach leader exposed as registered sex offender

Phillip Fisher Jr, who served three years in prison, volunteered at Philadelphia summit for rightwing parental rights group

The Guardian - US

The Moms for Liberty platform is extreme – and most voters are loudly rejecting it

The failure of rightwing ideologues to take over local school boards shows that voters simply won’t get behind them

Salon

Moms for Liberty member is sex offender

Phillip Fisher Jr. was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse of a 14-year-old boy in 2012, The Inquirer reports

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The Independent UK

Moms for Liberty and the ‘parental rights’ agenda flopped in this week’s elections

Voters rejected school board candidates using ‘manufactured’ culture wars to win elections

Salon

Moms for Liberty is a toxic brand now

Last month, Salon reported on one town's fight over a right wing school takeover — Tuesday, the resistance won big

The Independent UK

Right-wing group ‘Moms for Liberty’ call police over library book

Moms for Liberty was designated an ‘anti-government extremist’ organisation by the Southern Poverty Law Center in June

Salon

Opposition to Moms of Liberty builds

Opposition builds as parents’ group stokes nation’s culture wars

Capital & Main

As Moms for Liberty Spreads, So Does School Turmoil

Opposition builds as parents’ group stokes nation’s culture wars.

Salon

Has Moms for Liberty met its match?

Republicans hope to use education wars to turn purple suburbia red. In one Pennsylvania district, that backfired

The Guardian - US

‘Reading is resistance’: students and parents take on DeSantis’s book bans

Florida governor’s constant attacks on the education system have led to an increasing backlash from a wide range of people

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