Last week an anti-Muslim activist who rallied at the January 6^th insurrection in Washington, D.C. and claims Black Lives Matter is against Jesus and churches got one step closer to helping pick what textbooks Tennessee school children should read.

The Tennessee House Education Instruction committee approved Laurie Cardoza-Moore to sit on the state’s textbook commission. The Franklin resident was nominated to sit on the board by House Speaker Rep. Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville).

Resolutions to formally appoint Cardoza-Moore to the board are moving through the legislature’s committee system. The Senate Education Committee will review the appointment during a meeting Wednesday afternoon.

Cardoza-Moore came to the public eye in 2010 when she publicly fought against the construction of a mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. On The 700 Club television show, she told host Pat Robertson the mosque was a front for terrorists.

A now-deleted tweet from Cardoz-Moore screenshotted by Tennessee Education Report

In a now-removed tweet in December (above), she asked “will you join me in D.C. to defend our constitutional republic? This is it! If we lose our constitutional republic, we will lose it!” In a June YouTube video called “The REAL Agenda Behind Black Lives Matter EXPOSED,” she claims the “Marxist/Leninist/anti-semitic movement” is trying to remove Christian “anything” from society.

She has also founded Proclaiming Justice to The Nations (PJTN), a group whose “mission is to educate Christians about their Biblical responsibility to stand with our Jewish brethren and Israel.” On that group’s site (in a post headlined “I need your help to ensure transparency in education!”), Cardoza-Moore blasted Common Core curriculum, accused the government of hiding what is being taught in schools, and took aim at the 1619 Project and Black Lives Matter.

(Proclaiming Justice to The Nations/pjtn.org) Above is a survey from PJTN asking to rank “which threat” responders are concerned about.

”With aggressive efforts by many to pressure school districts into incorporating the misguided and propaganda-laced ’1619 Project’ and ’Black Lives Matter’ curriculum, is there any wonder why the educational establishment wants to keep the actual curriculum being taught in schools secret from parents and taxpayers?”

With bad press piling up, Cardoza-Moore took to the opinion pages of The Tennessean, Nashville’s daily newspaper. In an column, she claimed she sent her children to school believing they were getting a “wholesome American education.” Then, one day, she discovered a Williamson County textbook “that appeared to justify a Palestinian suicide bombing.”

”I discovered that here in the Buckle of the Bible Belt, our textbooks were working against us,” Cardoza-Moore wrote. “Our children were being spoon-fed a politicized anti-Judeo-Christian agenda pushed by foreign interest groups — with little to stop them.”

A group of organizations, including the American Muslim Advisory Council, responded with an opinion piece in The Tennessean the day after, saying Cardoza-Moore “wants to preserve the notion that America is only for those who ascribe to her interpretation of a Judeo-Christian background.”

”From where we sit, our children would be best served if our schools taught them to respect and accept with open arms the differences among all who live in Tennessee,” the groups wrote. “We believe our children will best be served if they are taught comparative religion, cultural traditions, and values.

“In so doing we will help our children better understand what we have in common, rather than the perceived differences Cardoza-Moore is afraid they will learn.”

For more of Cardoza-Moore’s opinions, here are some samples from her Twitter feed:

Just a reminder I’m leaving Twitter. You can find me on @Parler @Mewe
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) January 10, 2021

Leaving Twitter? Or, is she?

What?! The vac is NOT a Vac?!MUST WATCH! The So-Called COVID-19 "Vaccine" https://t.co/qQ49JdOSoV
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) March 17, 2021

Nope. To call COVID-19 vaccines a hoax, Cardoza-Moore went back on her promise to leave Twitter for conservative social media platform Parler.

Thank you @PeteHegseth for speaking the truth on @FoxNews. Antifa stormed the Capitol! It wasn’t led by Trump Patriots. It wasn’t Trump Patriots storming Portland, Seattle, etc. either. That is the tactic of Antifa.
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) January 7, 2021

Including his antisemitic statement that Yahshua was a PALESTINIAN! @PJTN https://t.co/HUCYfuOI8L
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) January 2, 2021

@VP You have a duty before GOD and We the people to uphold the Constitution. Read President Jackson’s Farewell Address in 1837. His charge was written to you and those who stand watch this very day. If you do not execute your duty, you will be culpable with the evil in Rev. 21:8
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) December 29, 2020

Is Joe Biden a racist?! Sleepy Joe?! He isn’t as sleepy as we thought! OMG! What he’s not considering is the majority of blacks and Hispanics are people of the Judeo/Christian faith. We don’t think like his thugs do. https://t.co/cnfW9LydBs
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) December 23, 2020

@GlenCasada @SenJohnson According to @sidneypowell1 a sworn affidavit below states that all Dominion Voting Systems have the Smartmatic software in the DNA of every vote tabulating software system. @MarshaBlackburn @DrMarkGreen4TN It’s time for TN to return to paper ballots. pic.twitter.com/gAuTWVUEXH
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) December 14, 2020

And we al know now what Powell said about what people to which she was peddling this myth.

We are reminded in Proverbs 25:5; “… when an evildoer is removed from the king, his throne is established in righteousness.” 🙏🏻 Lord God, expose and remove the evildoers from every seat of government in this nation. Execute Your Justice on everyone of them! Amen! @PJTN
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) November 25, 2020

A REAL MAN wouldn’t make stupid statement like that! Man up! You’re an embarrassment to REAL MEN! https://t.co/UxzLqVO8Rj
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) October 28, 2020

Correction! The OBAMA/CLINTON DEEP STATE lost their failed COUP ATTEMPT TO WE THE PEOPLE 🇺🇸! https://t.co/FdAUGTZ3Y4
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) August 11, 2020

@PJTN Don’t get discouraged ladies! We’re going to defeat these fascists! I’m traveling across the country and conducting webinars on how to take back our children’s education and our government! The momentum is building. Join us in the battle at https://t.co/6OfiW3JUHj https://t.co/BjpN157v86
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) July 17, 2020

Keep working it Abdullah, try as you may, you cannot rewrite history. Justice will prevail and the truth will be sealed for future generations. @PJTN https://t.co/djuwNxtFuy
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) July 16, 2020

Because you don’t know where God first refers to it, or how many times it’s used, and I’ll just bet you don’t know what it means. I’m waiting… https://t.co/LPPypfq9Pc
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) January 28, 2020

Can you not quote the Bible to defend what you believe? https://t.co/eVVJmU2WP1
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) January 26, 2020

@PJTN Can’t handle truth can you! We have a name for guys like you… WIMP! Grow up! https://t.co/tHkuYrm8Hg
— Laurie Cardoza Moore (@CardozaMoore) January 4, 2020

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