A Department of Justice unit dedicated to "Preventing and responding to" "Hate crimes" tracked the conservative education policy group Moms for Liberty in the same manner it tracked the Ku Klux Klan, according to internal emails obtained by The Daily Wire.
Moms For Liberty was tracked by the DOJ's Community Relations Service alongside symbols such as the noose, the Confederate flag, and the swastika.
They show the Community Relations Service, which says its role is "Preventing and responding to community tensions and hate crimes, bias, bullying, and discrimination," tracked targets like Moms for Liberty through Google and LexisNexis alerts.
The DOJ did not return a request for comment on why it was tracking Moms for Liberty.
The words tracked by the DOJ official, often paired with jurisdictions such as "Washington, dc" or "Virginia," were: antisemit* bias bigot* bullying confederate flag Daleneo Martin deface disability discriminat* full haus hate speech hate symbol homophobi* Irvo Otieno islamophob* klan noose n-word moms for liberty oath keepers protest racis* "Red truck bakery" sexism shooting police-involved slur swastika tension* vigil white supremac* There is no evidence that Moms for Liberty or elected officials in Roanoke were committing hate crimes.
CRS presented itself as a neutral arbitrator on issues like Youngkin's transgender policy even as CRS provided ideological "Trainings" such as "Transgender Training for Law Enforcement." Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice called the findings "a new low for the Department of Justice." telling The Daily Wire "We reject the notion that advocating for parental rights and the well-being of children is an act of hate and we call on the Department of Justice to clarify its position on this matter," Justice told The Daily Wire.
"The actions of the federal government should never infringe upon the rights of parents to engage in the democratic process." Ironically, the top item in the Moms for Liberty Google alert that flagged Youngkin's policy was an article about the "Sick strategy of smearing moms as Nazis." Another Moms for Liberty Google alert said "America First Legal Launches Investigation Into Government Collusion with the Extremist SPLC to Target Parents' Rights Advocate Groups," pointing to an article that said that the SPLC labels mainstream, center-right groups like Moms for Liberty and Parents Defending Education as "Extremists," while the DOJ treats SPLC as a source of credible information.
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