'Parents' rights' groups labeled extremist by SPLC
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🗓️ 7 June 2023
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USA TODAY National Correspondent for extremism and emerging issues Will Carless looks at the annual report from the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has designated Moms for Liberty as an extremist group.
The Human Rights Campaign issues a state of emergency over anti-LGBTQ laws.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is running for president.
USA TODAY Domestic Security Correspondent Josh Meyer looks into worries from security experts about Twitter's vulnerability for the 2024 election.
The PGA Tour and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tour are merging.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you need to know Wednesday, |
| 0:08.0 | 7th June 2023. |
| 0:11.4 | Today, a look at the Southern Poverty Law Center's new designation for a number of so-called |
| 0:26.2 | parents' rights groups, plus a state of emergency over anti-LGBTQ bills around the country, |
| 0:33.2 | and security experts are worried about Twitter ahead of the 2024 election. |
| 0:44.9 | The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the Moms for Liberty and some other so-called |
| 0:49.9 | parents' rights groups as extremists in its annual report out this week. |
| 0:55.0 | I spoke with USA Today National Correspondent for Extremism and Emerging Issues Will Carlos |
| 1:00.8 | to learn more. |
| 1:02.2 | We'll welcome back to five things. |
| 1:04.0 | Thanks for having me on. |
| 1:05.0 | Will, can you tell our listeners who the Moms for Liberty are and why the SPLC made this |
| 1:10.2 | decision? |
| 1:11.2 | So, Moms for Liberty is an extremely conservative group that started during the coronavirus |
| 1:17.3 | pandemic. |
| 1:18.3 | It basically grew out of the mask mandates and the controversy over masks and vaccines |
| 1:24.2 | in schools. |
| 1:25.2 | It was founded by three conservative women in Florida and it has since pretty much spread |
| 1:31.9 | across the country. |
| 1:32.9 | They claim to have 40 chapters across the country and to represent about 100,000 people. |
| 1:37.9 | I think it's fair to say it's quite a phenomenon in the kind of conservative political ecosystem |
| 1:43.4 | as a grassroots group focused on what they call parents' rights in schools. |
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