Moms for Liberty founder sent Florida GOP chair to bars prowling for hookups: police docs
Bridget Ziegler, the founder of the far-right, anti-gay Moms for Liberty group, sent out her husband, Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler, to bars to find women to bring home for sex, police documents reveal.
According to The Daily Beast, "Text messages quoted in a Sarasota Police Department (SPD) memo that was obtained by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune revealed how Ziegler sent her husband, Christian, hunting for a third sexual partner at local bars and directed him to send photos of possible hits. She allegedly told him to pretend to take pictures of his beer while photographing the women so he wouldn’t get caught sneaking pictures of them."
The report said that Bridget allegedly told her husband, "Don’t come home until your d--- is wet."
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"The Zieglers, a local power couple in Florida Republican politics, were at the center of a sex abuse scandal after a woman alleged that Christian had raped her while she was involved in a three-way relationship with the pair," the report continued. "They were both ousted from their respective positions at the Florida GOP and the conservative Leadership Institute ... Bridget Ziegler also faced a barrage of attacks for her 'hypocrisy,' since she had taken a very public anti-LGBTQ+ stance but had engaged in sexual relationships with women."
Christian Ziegler, for his part, demanded a huge payout to resign as chief of the Florida Republicans. Ultimately, however, no charges were filed as a result of the rape allegation.
Moms for Liberty has become infamous nationwide for filing challenges to the presence of any books in public school libraries that even tangentially reference gender identity or racial topics, at one point even demanding that a book containing "sexy" pictures of seahorses be removed. They have often worked hand in hand with other far-right organizations like the Proud Boys in their quest to bend school boards to their will.