assaulted a woman that he had a previous consensual seshual encounter with, along with his wife, bridget ziegler, the cofounder of the moms for liberty group. now, anderson, it is important to note here that christian ziegler has not been criminally charged and he said that the sex with the woman was consensual. now, party officials told me after the vote that they really just want to move past this sex scandal. they admit that some of their fund-raising efforts have taken a bit of a hit, but because we're in a 2024 presidential election cycle, and we have the florida legislative session which gets under way tomorrow, they're ready to move beyond christian ziegler. >> and what about his wife, bridget ziegler? we said in the intro, admitted to this three-way with her husband and the same woman, the sarasota county school board passed a resolution calling on her to resign. has she done that? >> reporter: anderson, she has not. and she's given no indication that she plans on stepping aside anytime soon. i asked some of the very same republican party officials today whether they believe that bridget

featuring the conservative group including a sex scandal involving the husband of cofounder, bridget zieglerple are saying news cycle after news cycle and the hypocrisy of the things that they advocate for and say they stand for. >> moms for liberty insists none of that is hurting their cause. >> i think that it was a very sensational headline. that went around the world very quickly. that is not who moms for liberty is. we stay focused on defending parental rights. >> but the numbers tell a very different story according to moms for liberty, in 2022, 55 percent of the 500 candidates of the group endorsed won the race for school board. while in 2023 ÃÃonly 43 percent of the 202 endorsed candidates win seats. they insist they are not losing traction. >> the states waning, i think it's ridiculous. we're just doing the work that we are doing. >> the group also says they are grassroots organization not politically motivated at all. yet, every nearly presidential republican candidate at a summit that they held in philadelphia. >> they know moms are passionate about their issues. >> despite their

assaulted a woman that he had had in previous consensual sexual encounters along with his wife, bridget ziegler former cofounder of the moms for liberty group, it is important to note that christian ziegler has not been charged criminally, he was not in attendance at today's meeting and so far he has not commented on his ouster, now, we are told from party officials, that they are really just trying to get past this sexual scandal, they said that you are now in a presidential year, there is also the start of the florida legislative session that gets underway tomorrow, so they really want to put all of this behind them, and here is the new chairman of the florida republican party, as well as other top republicans here in florida, talking about today's move. >> i think it is a blip on the radar, we will pick up today fundraising wise and move the party forward, i don't think it will be a long-term impact. >> we elected him to represent us. and, you know he didn't do the best that he could. so, he had to go, it's all about accountability. >> carlos, how does this affect florida republicans, what d

leer are some of the -- your advocates, bridget ziegler, the moms for liberty cofounder, the wife of the recently ousted florida republican party chairman, christiziegler, who allegedly was involved in threesomes, same-sex threesomes, mrs. ziegler was removed from the school board at which she was a leader. >> she wasn't removed from the school board. >> you have lauren depaulo, she was making book ban requests in a county, but then records showed she and her husband didn't live there. carrie blair in tennessee who was arrested for property theft charges after allegedly stealing from target. why should nose three people get to make decisions about what other children should be able to read? other parents' children should be able to read. >> do you know i served as a school board member -- >> are you going to answer my question? >> i'm going to answer your question but i need you to understand i would sit on my dais and how dare i sitting there as an elected representative judge a parent when they come to advocate for their child. as we started this conversation we'll end it, every pa

the chairman, christian ziegler, and his wife bridget decided to spice up their marriage by invitinganother woman. which is fine! no judgment, except a lot of judgment, because bridget is a conservative activit who has promoted anti-lgbtq policies, and co-founded the right-wing group "moms for libert." [booing] which explains the moms for liberty slogan, "it's not adam and steve. it's adam and eve and sometimes sandra from hot yoga." limber sandra. she brings her own mat. here's how the alleged sexual assault happened. last fall, the threesome had a scheduled encounter but had to cancel because ziegler's wife was sick. ziegler wanted to move forward with the meet-up and is said to have refused to take no for an answer when the other woman declined to have sex with mr. ziegler, explaining she was "mostly in for her." it's gotta hurt to be in a threeway and find out you're the shemp. now, for my younger viewers, that's a reference to "the threesome stooges." wooo-wooo-woooo-wooo. thank you. [cheers and applause] this is the, by the way. speaking of florida disasters: florida. last year