Social media posts believed to be from parent who sought book ban praised Proud Boys, shared antisemitic conspiracy theory
The parent requested that five books, including Amanda Gorman's "The Hill We Climb" be removed. The parent whose complaint led to the transfer of Amanda Gorman's poem "The Hill We Climb" to the middle school section of a Miami-Dade school made social media posts praising the far-right Proud Boys and shared elements of an antisemitic conspiracy theory , an ABC News review of a profile appearing to belong to the parent showed. Records provided to ABC News by the Florida Freedom to Read Project, a group tracking restrictions on books in the state's public education system, show the complaint was made by the parent on March 29. In April, staff from the Bob Graham Education Center and a representative from a nearby school met to review the complaint by the parent with two students at the K-8 school. The Florida Freedom to Read Project obtained the documents through a public records request. In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, poet Amanda Gorman recit...