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I told myself I wouldn’t. That it was bad for my mental health. But I watched the morning/ lunch sessions of Day 2 of the Moms for Liberty “Joyful Warriors: Rocking the Cradle of Liberty” conference in Philadelphia.
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My former governor takes the stage.
The Kershaw County, South Carolina, Moms for Liberty chair introduced Nikki Haley just after 11:30 AM. Given that the Kershaw chapter Facebook group has about 65 members, this is a pretty good indication of one reason local and national political operatives have gravitated towards the group: it now commands the kind of outsized influence that has drawn virtually every serious GOP presidential candidate to a conference that is ostensibly about niche issues like school policy.
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