FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice responded to harsh criticism from Manhattan’s borough president, who attacked the parental rights group ahead of a town hall-style event later this month.
Mark Levine, the borough president, said Wednesday that Moms for Liberty “has no place here” after he learned about the event, which will take place Jan. 18 at an Upper East Side venue.
“This group is anti-LGBTQ, supports book bans, harasses teachers & school librarians, and has been labeled by [the Southern Poverty Law Center] a ‘far right extremist organization,’” Levine wrote in a statement.
“Manhattan is the home of Stonewall,” he added, referring to the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar that was the site of the 1969 riots that sparked the LGBTQ movement. “We celebrate cultural diversity in our classrooms. We believe in books. [Moms…
