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The chair of the Mecklenburg County, N.C. Moms for Liberty chapter criticized the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for including Moms for Liberty, which has 18 chapters in North Carolina, in SPLC’s recently-released “Year in Hate and Extremism 2022” report. 

"Their only real objective is making money," tweeted Brooke Weiss. "The more hate they can invent, the more money they can raise." 

"In truth SPLC defines hate as disagreeing with them," said Weiss.

The SPLC says its report includes “1225 hate and anti-government groups across the U.S.,” including 43 in North Carolina.

Moms for Liberty is a national organization with chapters in 44 states. The group’s website says its mission is "fighting for the survival of America by unifying, educating and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government."

Old Dominion News reported that Terry Schilling, president of the American Principles Project, said that “Moms for Liberty has been targeted not because they are 'extreme' but because they are effective."

The Washington Free Beacon reported on June 7, 2023 that White House records show the author of the report, Susan Corke, director of the SPLC's Intelligence Project, met with members of the Biden Administration on January 6 of this year.

"While it is unclear what Corke discussed in the White House visit, the meeting was held amid growing pressure on the Biden administration to track parents upset by schools' coronavirus policies and left-wing classroom curricula," reported the Free Beacon. "Moms for Liberty and Parents Defending Education have emerged as the leading grassroots groups in the movement against mask mandates at schools and curricula that promote critical race theory and transgender issues."