Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a ā€œparental 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 groupā€™s support for school choice and the ā€œfundamental rights of parentsā€ to direct their childrenā€™s education has also drawn allies such as the conservative Heritage Foundation.

Moms for Liberty has been labeled an ā€œextremistā€ 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.

  • Hazdaz@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    Ā·
    1 year ago

    If you think literally anything happening right now means anything, then you have a whole lot of learn about American politics. We arenā€™t even at the pre-game yet, let alone the primaries and eventually the general election. There are going to be so many twists and turns till next November, that no one is even going to remember what happens now.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      2
      Ā·
      1 year ago

      What twists and turns have there been so far? Because all Iā€™ve seen is Trump dominating the field way beyond anyone else and DeSantis falling behind the others.

      • Hazdaz@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        Ā·
        1 year ago

        The whole point of twist and turns is that we wonā€™t know their coming! LOL

        You have a lot to learn.

          • Hazdaz@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            Ā·
            1 year ago

            What part of ā€œwe wonā€™t know what will happenā€ donā€™t you quite understand?? Do you think politics (or anything, really) is a straight pre-determined line? If that was the case, then why have primaries or even general elections? Apparently no unexpected things ever happen.

            The first twist has been the emergence of Vivek. There will be many more.

            • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              arrow-down
              1
              Ā·
              1 year ago

              That wasnā€™t a twist at all. He did well in the debate because he talks a good game and DeSantis, as expected, sucked because he has specifically one topic, ā€œwokeness,ā€ and heā€™s a terrible public speaker. I have no idea why you think that wasnā€™t absolutely predictable.