Laurie Cardoza-Moore has promoted conspiracy theories about 9/11
She defended to plot to kidnap the Governor of Michigan
Now Tennessee House Speaker @CSexton25 has appointed her to a board charged with creating the state's social studies standards.
Cardoza-Moore has criticized existing public school curriculum for exposing children to “anti-Semitic, anti-American, anti-Judeo-Christian content in our public schools”
She says the current public school curriculum is "ruining our children’s lives"
In 2011, Cardoza-Moore claimed that former President Barack Obama was causing "horrific tornadoes" because he made a speech that discussed the plight of Palestinians.
A group run by Cardozo-Moore, @PJTN, “suggest[ed] removing” a sentence stating that “members of al-Qaeda carried out” the September 11 attacks, citing Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, a group that claimed 9/11 was an "inside job"
Cardozo-Moore falsely claimed the January 6 insurrection was not carried out by Trump supporters but by Antifa
When news broke that right-wing extremists were planning to kidnap Michigan GovGretchen Whitmer, Cardoza-Moore also expressed support for the plot
“Am I missing something here? Didn’t the Founders address removing a tyrant from office in the Constitution?” Cardoza-Moore wrote
Cardoza-Moore is also notorious for spewing anti-Muslim rhetoric. She led opposition to the construction of a Tennessee mosque and argued that the mosque was a “terrorist training camp.” She also falsely claimed that 30% of Muslims are terrorists
Cardoza-Moore's calls herself “Laurie Cardoza-Moore, ThD.” But her “doctorate” is “an honorary doctorate degree in theology from the Latin University of Theology,” an unaccredited diploma mill
Her only real degree is an Associates Degree in Film and Dramatic Arts
But somehow, she is qualified to participate in setting the social studies standards for the entire state of Tennessee.
Sexton and Cardoza-Moore did not respond to requests for comment