{"id":1974599,"date":"2023-07-16T16:30:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T20:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politicians-activists-eye-parents-as-massive-interest-group-as-parents-start-to-organize\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T16:37:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T20:37:56","slug":"politicians-activists-eye-parents-as-massive-interest-group-as-parents-start-to-organize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politicians-activists-eye-parents-as-massive-interest-group-as-parents-start-to-organize\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicians, activists target organized parents as influential interest group."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fpoliticians-activists-eye-parents-as-massive-interest-group-as-parents-start-to-organize%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=1974599&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--><div \u200cclass=\"post_content\">\n \u2064 <\/p>\n<h2>Empowering \u200cParents:\u200c The Rise \u200dof \u200bMama Bears<\/h2>\n<p> \u200b \u2062<\/p>\n<p>Parents are a\u200d sizable\u2064 group,\u200b steadily accounting\u2062 for\u2063 more\u2064 than \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/topics\/families.html\">60\u200b million<\/a> \u2064of the population \u2062in recent\u2063 decades.\u2062 But \u200bthe \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politicians-activists-eye-parents-as-massive-interest-group-as-parents-start-to-organize\/\" title=\"Politicians, activists target organized parents as influential interest group.\">numerous\u2064 demographic \u2062subsets make \u2062parents<\/a> \u2062an unlikely\u2064 interest group \u200bwhen race, \u200dsocioeconomic\u2064 status, geography, and other \u200dfactors \u200care \u200dbetter hot-button\u2063 issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d  \u2062<\/p>\n<p>Until,\u200c that \u2062is, about two \u200bweeks\u200d ago,\u200b when nearly\u200b every notable Republican 2024 \u200dpresidential\u2064 <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-desantis-haley-campaign-at-moms-for-liberty-national-summit_5367285.html\">candidate<\/a>\u200b attended a Philadelphia\u200b Moms\u200c for Liberty summit to \u200dcampaign,\u2063 and \u200cpeople \u2062took \u2062notice.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve\u200b seen \u2062across this\u200b country,\u201d\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/desantis-praises-mama-bears-at-moms-for-liberty-summit-says-they-are-a-powerful-force_5367862.html\">said<\/a>\u200c Florida Gov.\u200b Ron DeSantis \u2062on \u200cJune\u200d 30,\u2064 \u201cin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farmers-insurance-cuts-policies-in-turbulent-florida-insurance-market\/\" title=\"Farmers Insurance reduces policies amidst Florida's volatile insurance market.\">recent\u200c years<\/a>\u2062 is \u200bawakening \u2062the\u2064 most\u2062 powerful \u200dpolitical force in this \u2064country, Mama \u200cBears, and they\u2019re\u200b ready\u200d to \u2062roll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps two election \u2063cycles ago, \u200d\u201cparental rights\u201d fights \u200bwere\u200d hyperlocal,\u2062 at least \u200dfor\u2062 the parents.\u200d It would\u200d be\u2063 about\u200c a\u2063 specific\u200d school\u2063 where parents witnessed \u2063discipline issues, \u200bpoor academic \u2063performance in \u2062a \u2062specific\u2064 district, or anecdotes \u200bof \u200dage-inappropriate\u200b curriculum surfacing here and\u200c there. Rarely\u200c was it a national \u200deffort,\u200b and certainly\u200c not\u200c an \u2064organized\u200d one.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<p>Then the\u2064 pandemic\u2063 hit, schools closed physically and\u2062 took education \u2063online, and \u200dchildren\u200b were attending\u2062 classes\u200b right in\u2064 sight of their\u2064 parents. \u200cIt\u200b created the perfect\u2064 storm.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063\u2062 <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018More Eyes Are \u2062on Public\u2063 Education\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u2064  <\/p>\n<p>Shortly after\u2062 the \u200dsummit,\u200b Moms for Liberty\u2062 dismissed \u200da \u200cslew\u2062 of accusations\u2063 and \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riley-gaines-mercilessly-fact-checks-leftists-during-senate-lgbt-rights-hearing\/\" title=\"Riley Gaines critically examines leftists' claims in Senate LGBT 'Rights' hearing.\">labels thrown<\/a>\u2064 their \u2063way \u200cby a bevy of\u2064 detractors. \u200dIt \u2062was \u200dnothing \u200bnew; \u2062organization \u200cco-founder \u2063Tina Descovich \u200bsaid both positive \u200band \u200cnegative \u2062press has followed the organization\u2063 since day one. Plus, \u200dboth co-founders \u2063were \u2064embattled moms\u2062 who\u200d ran and served \u2063on \u200dtheir children\u2019s \u2064school boards long before \u2063Moms for \u200cLiberty \u200bcame about.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d \u200b<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dorganization \u2063is not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-responds-to-durham-report-findings-the-american-public-was-scammed\/\" title=\"Trump: Durham Report Shows Public Was Scammed.\">politically affiliated<\/a>\u2062 in any\u200b way, \u200dsaid Ms. \u200dDescovich.\u200b \u201cWe\u2019re a\u2064 non-partisan \u200corganization,\u201d she said.\u2063 \u201cWe accept \u200bmoms, dads, \u200cgrandparents,\u200c aunts, uncles, cousins,\u2063 [and]\u2064 community \u2063members\u200b that \u200bare concerned\u2062 about \u200deducation \u200cin America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>The group \u200bhas no\u2063 partisan\u200b policy\u2063 ask either. \u201cOne of the\u2062 biggest\u2063 things the federal government \u200dcan \u200cdo is return \u200dauthority\u2064 back to\u200c states and\u2064 local \u2063school \u200ddistricts for\u2063 a lot\u200b of the\u200d decisions that \u200dneed\u2062 to \u200bbe made\u200b for\u2063 education,\u201d Ms. Descovich\u2063 said.<\/p>\n<p>Moms\u2063 for \u2064Liberty handles \u2064its \u2062business\u200c much \u2062the \u200bsame\u200b way,\u200b organizing \u200cmonthly \u2062training sessions \u2062for\u2062 all chapter leaders but \u2063leaving\u200c it \u2062to each locale to decide\u2063 what\u2062 is\u200b right for them.\u2064 The \u2063number of \u2062reasons people have \u2062wanted to start \u2063a\u2063 chapter is\u200c nearly \u2062as\u200d many as \u2064the \u2063number\u2064 of chapters \u2064themselves. Sure there\u200c are \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-blowout-vote-alabama-senate-makes-hormone-therapy-surgery-for-trans-kids-a-felony-protect-kids\/\" title=\"In Blowout Vote, Alabama Senate Makes Hormone Therapy, Surgery For Trans Kids A Felony: \u2018Protect Kids\u2019\">similar issues<\/a> across \u200bthe\u200b nation, such \u200bas \u2062tax referendums \u2064or \u2063a textbook that\u2019s used across several states, which \u2062is \u200dwhere \u200cthe members\u200c benefit from \u2062having \u200ca \u2062nationwide network \u200dwith \u2062which\u200c to \u200dshare\u200c knowledge,\u2062 but\u2063 the focus \u200cis\u2063 on \u200blocal\u2062 communities working \u200dtogether\u2062 to \u200bfind local \u200dsolutions, Ms. Descovich explained.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>The \u2064Philadelphia \u2062summit\u2019s\u2062 speaker \u200clist came about like\u200b the \u200dlast\u200b one: the\u200b organization\u2064 surveyed members,\u2062 asked\u2063 whom they\u2063 wanted to\u2063 hear \u200cfrom, and invited the most-requested \u200dspeakers.\u2062 The\u2063 organization had\u2064 also extended invitations \u2062to \u2062President\u200c Joe \u200bBiden\u2063 and \u200bDemocratic\u200b candidate \u200bRobert\u200c F. \u200bKennedy Jr., but \u200cthe former \u2062did\u2063 not\u200c respond, \u200band \u200bthe latter\u2062 had to \u200ccancel due to\u2063 a scheduling conflict. \u200cThis\u2062 wasn\u2019t the\u2063 <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/moms-for-liberty-co-founder-tiffany-justice-protecting-her-children-and-yours_4567012.html\">first<\/a> \u200b<a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/after-splc-extremist-designation-moms-for-liberty-and-ramaswamy-come-together-in-new-hampshire_5322757.html\">time<\/a> Moms\u200d for\u2062 Liberty shared a stage\u200d with \u200bcampaigning \u200bcandidates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents, a significant group, have consistently made up over 60 million of the population. However, their diverse demographics make them an unlikely interest group compared to race, socioeconomic status, and geography. This changed two weeks ago when almost all notable Republican 2024 presidential candidates started focusing on parents as a hot-button issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1974600,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/1974599","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}