Phillip Fisher Jr., a pastor and Republican ward leader who coordinates faith-based outreach for Philadelphia’s Moms For Liberty chapter, pleaded guilty in 2012 to a charge of aggravated sexual abuse.

Phillip Fisher Jr. is a pastor and Republican ward leader who coordinates faith-based outreach for Philadelphia’s Moms for Liberty chapter.

He’s also a registered sex offender, due to a 2012 felony conviction for aggravated sexual abuse of a 14-year-old boy when Fisher was 25.

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    16·
    11 months ago

    i like how moms for liberty’s whole thing is that trans women are taking away opportunities from cis women and yet the leader of moms for liberty is a cis man.

    • Gork@lemm.ee
      7·
      11 months ago

      I would never cease to point out to them how liberal it is that they don’t discriminate by gender for the leader of Mom’s for Liberty.

  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
    16·
    11 months ago

    The national Moms for Liberty organization held a summit in Philadelphia this past summer, where denying transgender identity for children and removing books from school libraries were major themes.

    Meanwhile, back at his church:

    Fisher has supported Trump’s campaigns; a 2020 report by WHYY included a mural in support of Trump that Fisher said was painted on an exterior wall of his church by children he worked with in his congregation.

    The charging documents allege that Fisher had oral and anal sex with the 14-year-old boy in January 2011

    Fisher said he took the plea bargain to get out of the county jail, where he said he experienced violence from other prisoners.

    Wew. That was a wild ride.

  • Vant@lemm.ee
    141·
    11 months ago

    If you have this kind of skeleton in your closet why the hell would you go into politics? Even local politics. You WILL piss someone off and they WILL dig up your past. Idiot.

    Also, not buying his excuses. He could have gotten into any number of political roles at different levels but he went for the one that oversees teenagers. Gross.

    Edit: Also look at this guy. Based on the info in the article he is at least 35 but he’s wearing the graffitti shirt and the DJ hat to try and look hip and cool to young people. I’m not saying politicians need to wear a uniform, the suit with the red tie, but this is pretty creepy knowing his past.

    • SoylentBlake@lemm.ee
      6·
      11 months ago

      Eh I agree with your first few points but his attire looks as 2023 as 2013 or 2003.

      If dude just wants to be his dude self, I don’t think that’s a knock y’know. Then again, I was laughing when I read about Fetterman in his hoodie and ball shorts in the Senate, where I think your Sundays best is appropriate. So take my opinion for what may. I’m 42 and I still own ripped up jeans and flannels that I’ve worn since the mid 90s. I don’t wear them all the time but that’s still just me being me. More often than not you’d find me in a plain color or white T, prob with the sleeves rolled up over my shoulder and shorts on. Doesn’t matter what time of year. In the winter id prob be in mud boots and in the summer I wear water socks almost exclusively.

      You dress how you feel. My body still feels like I’m 25, just with numb hands in the morning and more scars, well, and in better shape. I haven’t slowed down at all. If anything I’ve sped up.

    • June@lemm.ee
      5·
      11 months ago

      I agree with everything but your edit. He’s a millennial, this is how a lot of us dress.

  • frezik@midwest.social
    13·
    11 months ago

    Fisher said he took the plea bargain to get out of the county jail, where he said he experienced violence from other prisoners.

    So he used his position as a pastor in the African American community to advocate for prison reform, right? That seems like it’d be a pretty popular position in that community.

    You say he instead decided to demonize trans kids? Well, ok, then.

  • Beefalo@midwest.socialEnglish
    12·
    11 months ago

    I gotta hand it to ya, Philly, you don’t act predictable. This Mom for Liberty is a black man Republican, checkmate, atheists.

    • AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      I was about to say, how is a black Republican man leading a women’s group? Does he have godlike rizz? Is it possible to learn this power?

  • ohlaph@lemmy.world
    12·
    11 months ago

    At this point, I think I’m more surprised when the Republicans have an upstanding patron that isn’t a pedophile, rapist, or crazy religious figure.

    You seriously can’t make this up any more.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    51·
    11 months ago

    It’s ok, everybody. He said that he was “railroaded.” Everything’s fine. /s

    These stories still make me laugh, but I’ve stopped being the least bit surprised.

    “I hate queers!” Oh, you’re gay. Or attracted to trans women. Or whatever the fuck else makes you afraid.

    • DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social
      42·
      11 months ago

      Any time another dude is more interested in someone’s kids than their parents are? Alarm bells.

      I get it, there are lots of well meaning men who care about kids. Unfortunately they present the same way as predators, and I err on the side of caution.