In the Wake of a Sex Scandal, a Moms for Liberty Co-Founder's Career Is Crumbling

[marmar]

(Mother Jones) It’s been just a week since Christian Ziegler, chair of the Florida GOP, was accused of raping a woman who was involved in a sexual encounter with him and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder and Sarasota school board member Bridget Ziegler. Prominent Florida Republicans wasted no time in calling for Christan Ziegler to resign, which he has so far refused to do. Now, his wife is suffering from the consequences as well.

On Wednesday, the Daily Beast reported that the Leadership Institute, the conservative political training group where Bridget Ziegler works as a vice president, had removed her profile from its website; the group later confirmed that she had stepped down. Later that day, Sarasota school board chair Karen Rose, a conservative, said in a statement that she planned to ask Bridget to resign from the board. “I am shocked and deeply saddened by the conduct and deplore the salacious news coverage,” she wrote. “I personally care about Bridget and her family and deeply regret the necessity for this course of action, but given the intense media scrutiny locally and nationally, her continued presence on the Board would cause irreparably harmful distractions to our critical mission.”

Rose said she planned to officially call for Ziegler’s resignation at the school board meeting scheduled for December 12. If she does resign, this will mark the end of Ziegler’s notoriously influential tenure, during which she pushed through an agenda that sought to rid schools of books and curricula that were inclusive of LGBTQ people. In a Facebook post last week, the day before news of the scandal broke, she boasted that she had “terminated gender diverse guidelines,” “eliminated equity committee,” and “eliminated equity policy & position.” ..............(more)

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/bridget-ziegler-in-the-wake-of-a-sex-scandal-a-moms-for-liberty-cofounders-career-is-crumbling/

[perfessor]

1. John Fugelsang's take was

That being in a threesom was the one cool thing about these people.

[dutch777]

4. Yeah, all the other holier than thou's can't stand someone having more fun than them. The rape part of course is not OK

[marble falls]

2. The reason these morons go down: they can't live to their own standards. They aren't really paragons of virtue ...

... they just fake it during soundbites and portray one in an election.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Yes, it's that awful media, isn't it, KAREN? Reporting the TRUTH?

Sarasota school board chair Karen Rose, a conservative, said in a statement that she planned to ask Bridget to resign from the board. “I am shocked and deeply saddened by the conduct and deplore the salacious news coverage,

[Evolve Dammit]

12. they really hate truth don't they? F' em

[calimary]

16. DAMN! There was some well-known woman whose crap was exposed awhile back

and she lamented that she was sorry it happened, and sorry “that it was reported.”

Now I forget who said it, but I haven’t forgotten the statement. I guess we know what’s most important to these folks: being allowed to do or say shitty things under cover of darkness and anonymity

[gratuitous]

5. And there it is: Karen Rose deplores the salacious coverage

I wondered how long it would be until someone pleaded for the Zieglers' privacy during this difficult time. These people are so entitled.

[CanonRay]

6. I love the smell of schadenfreude in the morning.

[Efilroft Sul]

7. Karen Rose to Bridget Ziegler: "You exposed our hypocritical lifestyle. Now go take one for the team."

[lonely bird]

8. I found this interesting

“…her continued presence on the board would cause irreparably harmful distractions to OUR CRITICAL MISSION.”

Their critical mission of indoctrination of Christian nationalism, white supremacy and patriarchy.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. that sounds spot on!

[BumRushDaShow]

9. So this story, that I heard in pieces, turned out to be a two-fer knock-down!

[IronLionZion]

10. Conservatives are a rapey and perverted group.

they don't like consenting adults. They prefer nonconsensual activities because they like taking away someone else's choice. And they really don't like students reading books.

[drmeow]

18. They like power and control

Mostly when they are the ones in power but they (especially the women) can also be OK with someone in power and over control of them as long as that person is right wing, white, male, and/or "Christian." Right wing required, 2 out of 3 of the rest OK.

[3catwoman3]

11. A threesome? C'mon, man!

The brazenness of the hypocrisy is astounding.

[keithbvadu2]

14. Two Moms and a Hubby for Liberty

[LiberalFighter]

15. So they just didn't like the media coverage? But okay with her behavior?

[AllaN01Bear]

17. i just hope the whole thing goes bye bye .

[swong19104]

19. Nah

I want this story to be front and center to highlight everything wrong with conservatives and conservatism. Anytime they try to bring up something "morally right" just reply back with "You mean like Bridget Ziegler?" Keep this wound open and don't let it heal.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. For this thread