Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a āparental rightsā group that has sought to take over school boards in multiple states, to the Florida Commission on Ethics on Wednesday.
Tina Descovich was named to the nine-member, Tallahassee-based commission, which investigates alleged breaches of public trust by elected and appointed officials, as well as state employees.
The groupās support for school choice and the āfundamental rights of parentsā to direct their childrenās education has also drawn allies such as the conservative Heritage Foundation.
Moms for Liberty has been labeled an āextremistā organization by the Southern Poverty Law Center for allegedly harassing community members, advancing anti-LGBTQ+ misinformation and fighting to scrub diverse and inclusive material from lesson plans.
To these types, a child is something you talk about, not with. None of these people blindly screeching āfor the kids!ā have ever had a meaningful conversation with a child about what they actually want.
They talk āparental rights,ā because to them, kids are private property, not small, undeveloped people.
This is both incredibly sad, and entirely accurate.