Moms for Liberty 'blaming everyone but themselves' for crushing election losses: columnist

The right-wing group Moms for Liberty suffered a series of crushing defeats in races for state legislatures and school boards, and now they're casting blame for those losses.

Moms for Liberty-backed candidates lost races in Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Virginia and elsewhere in last week's elections, after campaigning on a thinly disguised platform of banning books and restricting classroom discussion of race and gender issues.

Now MSNBC columnist Ja'han Jones said they're blaming teachers for highlighting those unpopular positions.

"Attacks on media and teachers unions were plentiful during [a] town hall [in Georgia]," Jones wrote. "Rep. Mesha Mainor, the Democrat-turned-Republican who controversially switched her party affiliation during her term, took part and baselessly claimed that pressure from teachers unions was 'the only reason' Democrats had voted against a conservative educational policy."

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Republican state Sen. Greg Dolezal accused the Atlanta Journal-Constitution of fearmongering about their intentions, while Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich insists that unflattering claims about her group are "lies," but Jones said the message voters sent was clear.

"Moms for Liberty is arguably in its weakest political position since its 2021 launch," he wrote. "But instead of changing any of its extremist stances, the group’s leaders and legislative backers are blaming everyone but themselves."