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Amid sexual assault allegations against Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, a sex tape of his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, with a woman has been recovered by the police, according to a non-profit Florida watchdog group.

The Florida Center for Government Accountability report clarified it is not known if the woman in the newly-surfaced video is the same person accusing the GOP chair of sexual assault.

The woman accusing Christian Ziegler told the police she's had a longstanding sexual relationship with both Christian and Bridget Ziegler.

Bridget Ziegler is a member of Moms for Liberty, a conservative and known anti-LGBTQ nonprofit, and a member of the Sarasota School Board — whose members voted to call for her resignation earlier last week.

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[–] Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 409 points 11 months ago (5 children)

The best response that I've seen to this so far is this video of a former student speaking to the school board:

Bridget, our first ever interaction was when you retweeted a hate article about me from The Nationalist while I was a Sarasota County school student. You are a reminder that some people view politics as a service to others while some view it as an opportunity for themselves. On this board you have spent public funds that could have been used to increase teacher pay to change our district lines for political gain, remove books from schools, target trans and queer children, erase black history, and elevate your political career, all while sending your children to private schools because you do not believe in the public school system that you've been leading. My question is why doesn't an elected official using our money to harm our students and our teachers for her gain seem to matter as much for us as her having a threesome does? Bridget Ziegler, you do not deserve to be on the Sarasota County School Board but you do not deserve to be removed from it for having a threesome. That defeats the lesson we've been trying to teach you which is that a politician's job is to serve their community, not to police personal lives. So, to be extra clear: Bridget, you deserve to be fired from your job because you are terrible at your job, not because you had sex with a woman.

Closest to the original source I can find (referenced in numerous news articles): https://www.tiktok.com/@queenofhives/video/7313654227564383530

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 69 points 11 months ago

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[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 65 points 11 months ago

I'd only add "you're terrible at your job, and you're a terrible person"

[–] Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago
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[–] pacoo2454@lemmy.world 192 points 11 months ago (1 children)

“My lesbian relationship is the only moral lesbian relationship!”

[–] Riccosuave@lemmy.world 133 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 129 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Every Republican accusation is an admission.

[–] stinerman@midwest.social 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Agreed. I highly doubt these people really believe the shit they're trying to sell. They just know if you're going to grift, the best way to do it is on the right.

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[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 124 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Fkn lol, of course she did. Side note: we should really be looking at all pizza shops in the DC area for a republican-led torture cult that rapes kids and extracts their adrenochrome.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

I'm certain that's Epsteins pedo ring and pizzagate was to drag Hillary into it.

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[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 75 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Soooo.... anyone got a link?

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 46 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Right? Just so I can make sure it was actually her. For verification reasons only.

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You disgust me. I want to stay away from it. I don't care to see republican porn. Please send me the link so I know what to avoid.

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, its appalling. We need the link to make sure nobody ever looks at it.

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[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 31 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 20 points 11 months ago

How hasn't this been taken down yet?!

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This was exactly what I expected.

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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 70 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't care that she's bi, but I do hope her hypocrisy ruins the rest of her life.

There literally aren't enough bad things that can happen to #christofascists.

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 63 points 11 months ago (4 children)

“It doesn’t count, we’re both Christian” —her probably

[–] 7u5k3n@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago

All sex is multiples if you leave room for Jesus.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm going to get a priest to bless the rains down in America and that'll baptize the entire landmass. There, now everyone is "christian" and they should be OK with people being gay.

/s There's like 3 terrible ways this is an awful idea.

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 11 points 11 months ago

bless the rains down in America

Gonna take some time to do the things we always had, huh?

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[–] LolaCat@lemmy.ca 62 points 11 months ago

Like clockwork lmao.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Kind of a nice change of pace to see a closeted homophobe be a woman this time.

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[–] Steve@startrek.website 42 points 11 months ago

Its always the ones you most suspect

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 39 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How are they so incredibly consistent!

I mean every time there's a prominent anti-lbgt figure they're almost always found diddling the same sex!

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[–] reflex@kbin.social 36 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] dojan@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You think this ugly, homophobic pissant would produce good material? There's plenty of lesbian/bisexual porn out there starring much better and talented people than this human waste of space.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] norbert@kbin.social 12 points 11 months ago

It's for research!

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[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago

You know, I hate myself too. I don't use it as an excuse to hold other people down, though. Think about it, k.

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Still wasn't a drag queen.

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[–] iMastari@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago

projecting again

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I called it! This story is gonna keep getting juicier.

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[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 21 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I keep reading about this piece of shit woman recording porn, yet not a single fucking link has ever been posted.

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

Hahahahahahahahaha Christianity hahahahahahahahahaha

[–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 19 points 11 months ago

The call is coming from inside the house.

[–] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Now, a smart person would see the opportunity and start an OnlyFans, yesterday.

[–] guacupado@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Every conservative accusation is a confession.

[–] TheDeepState@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

Is this a new genre of porn? Dress people up business cloths slap an elephant on them and bam, milfs have extended their porn careers for decades to come..

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 15 points 11 months ago

Well well well, if it isn't Mrs. Projector....

[–] Russellbush@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago
[–] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Hahahaha mwahahahaha..

[–] AngryishHumanoid@reddthat.com 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As an open-minded person I shall refrain from making judgement until all the facts are in.

"Open-minded" means I can think she's a piece of shit while still jerking off to the video, right?

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[–] Cryan24@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Anyone got a link? I need to see it for masturbation research. 😁

[–] SteakRipums@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just tune into Cspan. A senator might just present it to the floor.

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