VIDEO: Senator Moody Blasts Socialists Looking to Dismantle Our Nation’s Founding Document on Constitution Day

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Ashley Moody sent a searing message to radical socialists looking to dismantle our nation's founding principles-not on her watch. On Constitution Day, Senator Moody took to the Senate Floor to honor this remarkable document and urge colleagues to join her in defending the freedom it secures.

"As our nation celebrates America's 250th anniversary, Constitution Day reminds us that the promise of liberty declared in 1776 was preserved through the Constitution just a few short years later. Through this transformational document, our Founders created a system of limited government, separated powers, and checks and balances designed to protect our God-given rights and preserve liberty for generations to come," said Senator Ashley Moody. "While there is a growing movement on the Left that seeks to dismantle the guardrails to liberty enumerated in the Constitution, we as Americans must continue to defend the freedom it secures and pass on its principles to the next generation."

BACKGROUND:

• Throughout Senator Moody's career, she has served in each of the three branches of government-from serving as a judge to leading a state executive agency as Florida Attorney General, and now a member of the legislative branch in the U.S. Senate.
• Senator Moody is fighting to protect Floridians:
  • Protecting Religious Freedom: Senator Moody cosponsored the Banning Perpetrators of Religious Persecution Act, which would restrict U.S. visas for foreign government officials, terrorists, and other actors responsible for violations of religious freedom.
  • Second Amendment Rights: Senator Moody champions the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow people with concealed-carry privileges in their home state to exercise them in other states that permit concealed carry, subject to the destination state's laws.
  • Protecting Civil Rights: Senator Moody introduced the RECLAIM Act, which would allow federal funds to be clawed back from higher-education institutions found to have violated students' civil rights.
  • Fighter for Servicemembers' Property Rights: Senator Moody introduced theServicemember Residence Protection Act, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act so that state adverse-possession or "squatters' rights" laws would not apply to servicemembers' homes in the circumstances covered by the bill.
  • Veterans' Rights: Senator Moody is a cosponsor of the Veterans Bill of Rights Act, which would require the VA to ensure veterans are clearly informed of their existing rights concerning VA health care, benefits, and services.
• Senator Moody is working to instill patriotism in the next generation with her PLEDGE Act, which would require students and staff in Washington D.C. schools to begin each day with a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
• During the COVID-19 pandemic, when many Americans' constitutional rights were being infringed, Moody, as Florida's Attorney General, fought to protect Floridians' freedoms-challenging federal mask and vaccine mandates, fighting CDC restrictions that harmed Florida's cruise industry, and supporting efforts to safely reopen Florida's businesses and schools.
• View Senator Moody's full floor remarks here.

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