Haley took the stage around midday Friday. Asa Hutchinson and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are set to give remarks on Saturday. Ambassador Nikki Haley and DeSantis' wife, Casey DeSantis, also were slated to address the group Friday at the downtown Philadelphia hotel hosting the conference. The two-year-old group, which has quickly become a force in conservative politics, advocates “parental rights” in education, but an anti-hate watchdog has labeled it “extremist” for allegedly harassing community members, advancing anti-LGBTQ+ misinformation and fighting to scrub diverse and inclusive material from lesson plans.įormer U.N. Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters. Get Philly local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox. What is Moms for Liberty's draw for conservative politicians? Ron DeSantis, the main rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, are speaking Friday at the annual gathering of Moms for Liberty, a group that has fiercely opposed instruction related to race and gender identity in the nation's classroom.Īs "Moms for Liberty" begins for its four-day summit at the Marriott in Center City Philadelphia, protesters called out the group for its ideologies they claim discriminates against certain groups. The summit starts Friday and will feature strategy sessions on such topics as “protecting kids from gender ideology.” LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations are protesting.įormer President Donald Trump and Florida Gov.But Moms for Liberty has been labeled as “extremist” by an anti-hate watchdog group for allegedly harassing community members, advancing anti-LGBTQ+ misinformation and fighting to scrub diverse and inclusive material from lesson plans. The group has fiercely opposed instruction related to race and gender identity in classrooms and has become a force in conservative politics by advocating for “parental rights” in education.Ron DeSantis says that 2024 will be the year that parents “finally fight back” as he kicks off an annual gathering of Moms for Liberty that is drawing top GOP candidates.
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