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The Mark Simone Show

Larry Mendte sits in for Mark Simone

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3695 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Mothers of Liberty have been under attack from fringe liberal groups. The Mothers of Liberty do not want to ban books, they don't want some of them in their school libraries. Larry interviews Barbara Aboude from the Mothers’ of Liberty: Barbara says she and her friends are just trying to have some say in what her children learn in school.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Mr. New York has the day off. This is Larry Menty sitting in for him. Let's talk about

0:04.9

Moms for Liberty. It's one of several groups that are fighting for parental rights in schools.

0:12.7

It happened during the pandemic when they were shutting down all the schools and they, even

0:17.6

long after it seemed reasonable to go back, they were still forcing kids to be on Zoom and wear masks.

0:25.6

And then they were having all of these problems with what was being taught.

0:30.2

And so moms started to join together across the country.

0:33.1

Moms for Liberty is the biggest one.

0:35.3

They have 120,000 members. they have chapters in 44 states,

0:41.8

and they keep growing and they keep growing in power. They banded together to demand more

0:48.3

for their children's education. They want parental rights in what their kids are taught, what they

0:56.7

are exposed to, what they see and read in schools. Because right now, if you've been following

1:03.1

the news, it's a whole lot more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. It's how you identify.

1:10.5

And let's not tell your parents.

1:12.2

You just have to tell us.

1:13.6

And we'll make sure you get all the treatments you need.

1:18.9

It's really some scary stuff.

1:22.9

But parents wanting these rights, moms, banding together for rights about what is said to their

1:31.0

children, what's taught to their children, what their children are exposed to, it all sounds

1:35.8

pretty reasonable, right? And in a normal world, it would be. But things aren't normal right now.

1:46.9

The teachers' union, the teachers' unions, all of them across the country, have been empowered now by a Democrat in the White House and control of the Senate.

2:01.3

And until the past election, the House too.

2:06.1

They're imposing their will.

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