Daily News | Moms for Liberty: What it is and who’s behind the group
The Moms for Liberty summit in Philadelphia later this month is expected to convene hundreds of conservative women and spotlight GOP presidential hopefuls Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley.The national group has led culture-war crusades against school boards, pushing to ban books it deems pornographic from libraries and accusing teachers of seeking to indoctrinate students.
But the group has since turned its attention to curriculum and library books — becoming a prominent voice in a conservative movement accusing schools of ideological overreach, including teaching about race, gender and sexuality.The group claims 115,000 members and 275 chapters nationally, and says Pennsylvania represents its second-largest membership base after Florida.
Moms for Liberty’s cofounders, Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice, started working with Republican campaign consultant Marie Rogerson, who is also a leader in the group.year, including contributions of $100,000, $20,000, $15,000, $10,000 and $5,000, according to a federal tax form. 4 “social welfare” nonprofit, Moms for Liberty doesn’t have to publicly disclose its donors.)
The group has said it’s still working on preparing more recent financial statements. Descovich recently told The Inquirer that “we definitely have some bigger individual donors who have come in over the last year to help us out.”Moms for Liberty is convening this summer in Philly, a backdrop for the group’s focus on ‘preserving American values’The group has been trying to play a bigger role in school board races nationally. In 2022, it says it endorsed 500 candidates, and 275 were elected.
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