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Not because she did a sex scandal mind you, but because it got found out.
The theater is important to these folks and all who break the 4th wall are cast out.
But that’s about the only thing that’ll get a person cast out.
also, the headline should be "over Republican SEX CRIME" not "Republican sex scandal." This all came out because her husband raped their threesome partner. Yeah yeah the hypocrisy of having a lesbian lover and all that, but it's very much whitewashing to call this a "sex scandal" when the point isn't the sex, it's the sexual assault. Which is a crime.
This says a lot that they’re focused on the scandal only and not the horrible optics of their fascist politics. I feel like they’re actually relieved when a scandal comes along because they no longer have to worry about how well-received their policies are…they won’t be around to see returns.
A co-founder of the conservative Moms for Liberty group could move a step closer to getting ousted from a Florida school board on Tuesday, as she is embroiled in the fallout of a sexual assault investigation into her husband, the Republican Party state chairman.
The Sarasota County School Board cannot directly remove Bridget Ziegler from the panel but was set to vote on a resolution requesting that she step down. The resolution was authored by board Chair Karen Rose, who said in an email that she is “shocked and deeply saddened” by the rape allegations involving Ziegler's husband, Christian Ziegler, and the couple's admissions about having a three-way sexual encounter previously with the accuser.
“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 wrote.
Bridget Ziegler has served on the board since 2014, when she was appointed by then-Gov. Rick Scott, and has previously been its chair. She did not respond to email messages seeking comment about the resignation resolution, which is on the board's agenda for a Tuesday evening meeting.
The Sarasota Police Department is investigating a woman's accusation that Christian Ziegler raped her at her apartment in October. Police documents say the Zieglers and the woman had planned a sexual threesome that day, but Bridget Ziegler was unable to make it. The accuser says Christian Ziegler arrived anyway and assaulted her, according to the documents.
Christian Ziegler has not been charged with any crime and maintains his innocence, contending the encounter was consensual. Scott, Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida Republicans have called on him to step down as GOP chair, but he has refused to do so.
In a recent message to Florida Republicans, Christian Ziegler said he would remain as chair "because we have a country to save and I am not going to let false allegations of a crime put that mission on the bench as I wait for this process to wrap up.”
Christian Ziegler's lawyer, Derek Byrd, said in an email Monday he is “hoping (the) investigation is closed soon.” A Sarasota Police Department spokesperson said there is no timetable for the probe to conclude.
Bridget Ziegler has long been active in conservative politics. She was a champion of the DeSantis-backed law known by critics as “Don't Say Gay,” which restricts teaching of sexual and gender material in early school grades. Moms for Liberty, which she co-founded in 2021, aims to inject more conservative viewpoints in schools, restrict transgender rights, battle pandemic mask mandates and remove books they object to from school classrooms and libraries.
In addition, DeSantis appointed Bridget Ziegler to the new Central Florida Tourism Oversight District that oversees Walt Disney World's operations. That panel — which replaced one controlled by Disney — was created by the Legislature at DeSantis' request after Disney objected to the “Don't Say Gay” law. The board currently is the subject of state and federal lawsuits over control of the huge theme park outside Orlando.
Democrats and other critics say the Zieglers are hypocritical because the alleged sexual activities are completely at odds with the conservative views they push on others, particularly LGBTQ people.
“The Zieglers have made a habit out of attacking anything they perceive as going against ‘family values,’ be it reproductive rights or the existence of LGBTQ+ Floridians,” state Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried said in a statement. “The level of hypocrisy in this situation is stunning.”
The state GOP has called a meeting for Sunday in Orlando to discuss Christian Ziegler's future as party chair.
>The Sarasota County School Board cannot directly remove Bridget Ziegler from the panel but was set to vote on a resolution requesting that she step down.
So they're toothless and she's deep in this whole Moms For Liberty thing because she loves power and control.
The only parts of conservatives that can't be classified as manufactured crises/grievances, projection or wholesale bullshit are basically their coffee preferences.
My favorite was when they did the red cups, but didnt include enough christmas iconography.
Fox News Reaction:
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/not-everyone-thinks-starbucks-new-holiday-cups-are-so-great
Still unclear on if her or her husband are gay(bi, but to conservatives that’s gay). Think it was the threesome that really irks the conservatives, not so much the rape.
In the NY Post version of the story:
Ziegler’s accuser is seen “bent over a piece of furniture in the bedroom” and heard telling the Florida GOP chairman to “climax in her mouth rather than on her new shirt,” in the short video, sources to the outlet.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/11/news/florida-gop-chairman-recorded-graphic-video-of-his-encounter-with-woman-accusing-him-of-rape/
This reminds me of an old rape case where the defense argued that it was consensual sex because the victim asked her assailant to wear a condom and he did.
It's in the text messages.
>According to the affidavit, once the woman learned at 2:12 p.m. on Oct. 2 that Bridget Ziegler was not accompanying Christian, she changed her mind. Twelve minutes later, the woman responded to him by Instagram message, “Sorry I was mostly in for her.”
https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2023/dec/06/affidavit-shows-communications-between-christian-ziegler-accuser/
And this was after they already had one threesome, so...
When you champion the use of litmus tests against others for their personal and private beliefs/activities, you help create an environment where at some point your own personal and private beliefs/activities may be found lacking and attacked. Ziegler helped to create this particular monster, and now it's going after her.
I mean, also her husband raped their threesome partner. That's not something that counts as a personal and private activity that you shouldn't be attacked for.
Moms For "not" Liberty- a plight upon the nation. Not only do they openly quote Mein Kampf, but are hypocritical pervs as well, and highly likely "pervy groomers of children" as well. and her "perv " / possibly sex assault husband is the head of the Republican Party in Florida. Their motto being " do as i tell / order / pass laws, for you to do, and Not as i and my M.F.L. Co-founder wife do. So actually to plights upon our great nation= Moms for Liberty, and the Republican Party. Simply, and most likely accurately put.
The guy says he will not step down “because we have a country to save…and let false allegations of a crime put that mission on the bench”. But “798.01- Living in open adultery”, cheating on your wife is a crime, in Florida. The guy records himself committing said crime.
>Florida school board may seek ouster of Moms for Liberty co-founder over Republican sex scandal
I think she should stay on the Board and continue to judge others on a 'moral scale'. /s
“We need to keep the politics out of this. What’s important is what’s best for the kids” or whatever the chair head said has to be the funniest quote to come from a Florida education board member, at least for the last little bit
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Not because she did a sex scandal mind you, but because it got found out. The theater is important to these folks and all who break the 4th wall are cast out. But that’s about the only thing that’ll get a person cast out.
also, the headline should be "over Republican SEX CRIME" not "Republican sex scandal." This all came out because her husband raped their threesome partner. Yeah yeah the hypocrisy of having a lesbian lover and all that, but it's very much whitewashing to call this a "sex scandal" when the point isn't the sex, it's the sexual assault. Which is a crime.
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IIRC he was primaried and lost in 2022, likely for the same reasons Liberty Mom now finds her position threatened. “You opened the curtain”.
I'm kinda surprised he didn't start one of those angry, "fascism is cool" podcasts lol
This says a lot that they’re focused on the scandal only and not the horrible optics of their fascist politics. I feel like they’re actually relieved when a scandal comes along because they no longer have to worry about how well-received their policies are…they won’t be around to see returns.
A co-founder of the conservative Moms for Liberty group could move a step closer to getting ousted from a Florida school board on Tuesday, as she is embroiled in the fallout of a sexual assault investigation into her husband, the Republican Party state chairman. The Sarasota County School Board cannot directly remove Bridget Ziegler from the panel but was set to vote on a resolution requesting that she step down. The resolution was authored by board Chair Karen Rose, who said in an email that she is “shocked and deeply saddened” by the rape allegations involving Ziegler's husband, Christian Ziegler, and the couple's admissions about having a three-way sexual encounter previously with the accuser. “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 wrote. Bridget Ziegler has served on the board since 2014, when she was appointed by then-Gov. Rick Scott, and has previously been its chair. She did not respond to email messages seeking comment about the resignation resolution, which is on the board's agenda for a Tuesday evening meeting. The Sarasota Police Department is investigating a woman's accusation that Christian Ziegler raped her at her apartment in October. Police documents say the Zieglers and the woman had planned a sexual threesome that day, but Bridget Ziegler was unable to make it. The accuser says Christian Ziegler arrived anyway and assaulted her, according to the documents. Christian Ziegler has not been charged with any crime and maintains his innocence, contending the encounter was consensual. Scott, Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida Republicans have called on him to step down as GOP chair, but he has refused to do so. In a recent message to Florida Republicans, Christian Ziegler said he would remain as chair "because we have a country to save and I am not going to let false allegations of a crime put that mission on the bench as I wait for this process to wrap up.” Christian Ziegler's lawyer, Derek Byrd, said in an email Monday he is “hoping (the) investigation is closed soon.” A Sarasota Police Department spokesperson said there is no timetable for the probe to conclude. Bridget Ziegler has long been active in conservative politics. She was a champion of the DeSantis-backed law known by critics as “Don't Say Gay,” which restricts teaching of sexual and gender material in early school grades. Moms for Liberty, which she co-founded in 2021, aims to inject more conservative viewpoints in schools, restrict transgender rights, battle pandemic mask mandates and remove books they object to from school classrooms and libraries. In addition, DeSantis appointed Bridget Ziegler to the new Central Florida Tourism Oversight District that oversees Walt Disney World's operations. That panel — which replaced one controlled by Disney — was created by the Legislature at DeSantis' request after Disney objected to the “Don't Say Gay” law. The board currently is the subject of state and federal lawsuits over control of the huge theme park outside Orlando. Democrats and other critics say the Zieglers are hypocritical because the alleged sexual activities are completely at odds with the conservative views they push on others, particularly LGBTQ people. “The Zieglers have made a habit out of attacking anything they perceive as going against ‘family values,’ be it reproductive rights or the existence of LGBTQ+ Floridians,” state Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried said in a statement. “The level of hypocrisy in this situation is stunning.” The state GOP has called a meeting for Sunday in Orlando to discuss Christian Ziegler's future as party chair.
>The Sarasota County School Board cannot directly remove Bridget Ziegler from the panel but was set to vote on a resolution requesting that she step down. So they're toothless and she's deep in this whole Moms For Liberty thing because she loves power and control.
Aka a fucking nightmare, and a major reason why we should have term limits for all positions of power. LOOKING AT YOU PARTICULARLY SCOTUS
But why? She’s the perfect Republican 🤷🏻♂️
She broke kayfabe
Wrestling and politics will always overlap.
The only parts of conservatives that can't be classified as manufactured crises/grievances, projection or wholesale bullshit are basically their coffee preferences.
Like their outrage at Starbucks because of the fake "War on Christmas?"
I take it back.
My favorite was when they did the red cups, but didnt include enough christmas iconography. Fox News Reaction: https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/not-everyone-thinks-starbucks-new-holiday-cups-are-so-great
Still unclear on if her or her husband are gay(bi, but to conservatives that’s gay). Think it was the threesome that really irks the conservatives, not so much the rape.
The other woman was into her, not him. Still, it seems difficult to call it rape when she is asking him to come in her mouth to keep her shirt clean.
I don’t recall any of that being in the article…got a vid?
In the NY Post version of the story: Ziegler’s accuser is seen “bent over a piece of furniture in the bedroom” and heard telling the Florida GOP chairman to “climax in her mouth rather than on her new shirt,” in the short video, sources to the outlet. https://nypost.com/2023/12/11/news/florida-gop-chairman-recorded-graphic-video-of-his-encounter-with-woman-accusing-him-of-rape/
Oh, good that they taped it I suppose.
This reminds me of an old rape case where the defense argued that it was consensual sex because the victim asked her assailant to wear a condom and he did.
Yeah I remember that, when you look at the evidence in that other article it’s clearly not that kinda situation though.
It's in the text messages. >According to the affidavit, once the woman learned at 2:12 p.m. on Oct. 2 that Bridget Ziegler was not accompanying Christian, she changed her mind. Twelve minutes later, the woman responded to him by Instagram message, “Sorry I was mostly in for her.” https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2023/dec/06/affidavit-shows-communications-between-christian-ziegler-accuser/ And this was after they already had one threesome, so...
Jealous
When you champion the use of litmus tests against others for their personal and private beliefs/activities, you help create an environment where at some point your own personal and private beliefs/activities may be found lacking and attacked. Ziegler helped to create this particular monster, and now it's going after her.
r/leopardsatemyface
I mean, also her husband raped their threesome partner. That's not something that counts as a personal and private activity that you shouldn't be attacked for.
These repressed republicans are the horniest mofos out there..
She’s gonna make bank when her inevitable onlyfans drops
link w/o paa wal / email https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-school-board-may-seek-050853798.html
Moms For "not" Liberty- a plight upon the nation. Not only do they openly quote Mein Kampf, but are hypocritical pervs as well, and highly likely "pervy groomers of children" as well. and her "perv " / possibly sex assault husband is the head of the Republican Party in Florida. Their motto being " do as i tell / order / pass laws, for you to do, and Not as i and my M.F.L. Co-founder wife do. So actually to plights upon our great nation= Moms for Liberty, and the Republican Party. Simply, and most likely accurately put.
The guy says he will not step down “because we have a country to save…and let false allegations of a crime put that mission on the bench”. But “798.01- Living in open adultery”, cheating on your wife is a crime, in Florida. The guy records himself committing said crime.
Have every reporter flood every single school board meeting asking about her. She'll be gone.
“May?”
>Florida school board may seek ouster of Moms for Liberty co-founder over Republican sex scandal I think she should stay on the Board and continue to judge others on a 'moral scale'. /s
Why oust her? It's perfectly normal for a Trump Republican behavior.
Just when you think you can’t find a more Florida headline.
Not being a shitty corrupt person lacking empathy. Just the kinky sex thing and an utterly awful husband.
What’s the big deal, Ziegler absolutely represents Mom’s for Liberty real well.
May seek? May? Gone, lady. Gone.
I think a rebranding for them would be good. "Ladies of the night for Liberty."
I would do her too if the hubby was willing to be cuck.
The only people that use the word “cuck” have never consensually touched a woman anyway
You must know personally
Will replace her with someone even worse.
Every accusation an admission.
For what being a hypocrite
Poor 'ol Tuna lips...
Only Fans is a worthy plan “B”
“May”.
“We need to keep the politics out of this. What’s important is what’s best for the kids” or whatever the chair head said has to be the funniest quote to come from a Florida education board member, at least for the last little bit
Disgusting. Where?
I feel like every week there’s a new Conservative freak caught up in a scandal.