Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is 5 Things You Need To Know Monday, 3rd July,

2023.

Today, a closer look at the moms for liberty and their tie-ins with GOP presidential candidates,

plus a manhunt continues after a Baltimore shooting, and we look at the state of racism in America.

The moms for liberty held a national summit last week through Saturday and Philadelphia,

as the group increasingly becomes a part of the 2024 political picture.

But who are they, and which GOP candidates are they influencing?

I spoke with USA Today National Political Correspondent David Jackson to learn more.

Thanks for having me.

So David, can you just start by explaining who the moms for liberty are?

It's one of the newest and most active, activist groups on the scene, at least in Republican

politics.

It's two school board members from Florida who started this movement back in 2021, and they

claim to represent parents who are upset about the way education is being conducted in the

United States and in their communities.

It basically started during COVID, because if you remember the COVID restrictions, including

the lockdowns of schools, there was a rising number of parents who were complaining about

some of the things they were hearing, their children being taught, they were complaining

about transgender policies in schools, and they were basically a lot of complaints about

the way the whole thing was being conducted under the lockdown.

So these two women from Florida who were school board members in that state decided to start

a political organization to combat this situation.

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