{"id":1969891,"date":"2023-07-11T16:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hampshire-democrat-likens-parental-rights-group-to-taliban\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T16:21:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T20:21:45","slug":"new-hampshire-democrat-likens-parental-rights-group-to-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hampshire-democrat-likens-parental-rights-group-to-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"NH Democrat compares parental rights group to Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-hampshire-democrat-likens-parental-rights-group-to-taliban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1969891&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"New Hampshire Democrat Likens Parental Rights Group to Taliban\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/stopab957-instagram-suspended\" data-post-url id=\"print-1765455\">\n<div>\n<p><h2 class=\"engaging-heading\">&#8216;Assholes with casseroles, taliban in minivan,&#8217; Catherine Sofikitis says of Moms for Liberty<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n          A Taliban fighter mans a machinegun on top of a vehicle as they patrol along a street in Kabul on August 16, 2021, after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-heres-what-went-wrong-in-afghanistan-and-what-we-should-have-done-differently\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Here\u2019s What Went Wrong In Afghanistan \u2014 And What We Should Have Done Differently\">stunningly swift end<\/a> to Afghanistan&#8217;s 20-year war, as thousands of people mobbed the city&#8217;s airport trying to flee the group&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-state-dept-moved-to-abolish-crisis-response-bureau-months-before-taliban-takeover-of-afghanistan\/\" title=\"Biden State Dept Moved to Abolish Crisis Response Bureau Months Before Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan\">feared hardline brand<\/a> of Islamist rule. \/ Getty Images<br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A Democratic lawmaker in New Hampshire compared a prominent parental rights group to the Taliban and called its members &#8220;assholes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Liberal state lawmaker Catherine Sofikitis on Sunday responded to a tweet that asked users to give their thoughts on Moms for Liberty, a political organization led by former school board members that aims to advance &#8220;parental rights at all levels of government.&#8221; Sofikitis compared the group to terrorists. &#8220;Assholes with casseroles, taliban in minivan,&#8221; Sofikitis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nashuaward7\/status\/1678141739847090177?s=20\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sofikitis\u2019s outburst comes as New Hampshire Democrats reject parental rights measures in the state legislature. State Democrats in May, for example, narrowly defeated a bill that would have prevented public schools from withholding information from parents, including when a student exhibits a change in his or her gender identity. The vice president of New Hampshire&#8217;s American Federation of Teachers chapter threatened to pull support for any state Democrat who supported the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Moms for Liberty cofounder Tina Descovich on Monday condemned Sofikitis&#8217;s tweet, <a href=\"https:\/\/nhjournal.com\/nh-house-dem-attacks-moms-for-liberty-as-a-holes-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> in a statement that the Democrat should &#8220;work with parents to ensure a brighter future for all children instead of demonizing parents.&#8221; Sofikitis, who did not return a request for comment, nonetheless defended her remark. At 1:09 a.m. Tuesday morning, the Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nashuaward7\/status\/1678632590582902784?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took to Twitter<\/a> to respond to a self-described &#8220;progressive activist&#8221; who commended Sofikitis for &#8220;telling the truth about hate group Moms for Liberty.&#8221; &#8220;You are my hero, thank you,&#8221; Sofikitis said in response. She also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nashuaward7\/status\/1678164858309693440?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> a video that called Moms for Liberty members &#8220;Momzis&#8221; and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wayne4NHSenate\/status\/1678372599292674049?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promoted<\/a> a liberal candidate for state legislature who called the group &#8220;extremist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sofikitis is far from the only New Hampshire Democrat to disparage parental rights advocates in recent months. Her liberal colleague in the New Hampshire House, Tom Hoyt, in May lashed out at a parent who urged him to pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/potential-democrat-desantis-challenger-nikki-fried-do-me-a-favor-and-say-gay\/\" title=\"Potential Democrat DeSantis Challenger Nikki Fried: 'Do Me a Favor and Say Gay'\">parental rights measure<\/a>. &#8220;Do you know why children&#8217;s results tanked during covid? Their parents were incompetent teachers,&#8221; Hoyt <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/let-the-teachers-teach-and-shut-up-new-hampshire-dem-lashes-out-at-voter-over-parental-rights-bill\/\">told<\/a> the parent. &#8220;Do your children a favor, let the teachers teach, and shut up. You&#8217;re clearly no professional.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to New Hampshire, Democrats in other northeastern states have spent the summer challenging parents who seek more involvement in public schools. New Jersey attorney general Matt Platkin has, in the last two months, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/new-jerseys-dem-ag-sues-three-school-districts-over-parental-rights-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued four school districts<\/a> over policies that require teachers to inform parents if their child publicly changes his or her gender identity. Platkin in June also issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-hampshire-democrat-likens-parental-rights-group-to-taliban\/\" title=\"NH Democrat compares parental rights group to Taliban\">guidance warning public school officials<\/a> that they could face legal action if they issue blanket bans on flags, posters, and other symbols in an attempt to keep classrooms politically neutral, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/politically-neutral-school-policies-are-actually-racist-new-jersey-argues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moms for Liberty is no stranger to controversy. The Southern Poverty Law Center last month <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/moms-for-liberty-named-extremist-hate-group-by-splc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">placed the group<\/a> on its &#8220;hate map,&#8221; which includes the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi organizations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine Sofikitis describes Moms for Liberty as &#8220;assholes with casseroles, Taliban in minivan.&#8221; In Kabul, a Taliban fighter is seen on a vehicle with a machinegun, patrolling the streets after the abrupt conclusion of Afghanistan&#8217;s 20-year war. Chaos ensues at the airport as countless individuals attempt to flee the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2020,"featured_media":1969892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}