Parents may think they are turning on Ms. Rachel for songs, speech lessons and early learning, but the co-founder of parental rights organization Moms for Liberty says they are increasingly exposing their toddlers to political activism.
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"She’s using her leadership role for political activism," Tina Descovich, the co-founder of Moms for Liberty, told Fox News Digital.
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Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Griffin Accurso, has more than 21 million YouTube followers and millions more across Instagram and TikTok.
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She has become increasingly outspoken on political issues, including the Israel-Gaza war, immigration detention and LGBTQ rights.
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In December, Ms. Rachel was named as a finalist for StopAntisemitism’s 2025 "Antisemite of the Year" designation after the group accused her of promoting Hamas-aligned messaging in posts about Gaza.
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Other Jewish organizations have defended or supported her advocacy for Palestinian children.
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organizations → defend → children
Descovich said parents turn to Ms. Rachel and expect educational programming that will help their children learn to speak, read and prepare for school.
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children → say → school
She reaches 21 million viewers a year on YouTube alone, and then her social media channels have, like Instagram, I think has five million, TikTok, 10 million, and she seems to think she can divide her personal views from her influence over toddlers, but parents are tuning in to her messaging because they trust her with their toddlers, and I think her shows should all start with a warning label that says, ‘Warning, this woman has been nominated to be the antisemite of the Year in the United States,’ and they should know that before they put her in front of their toddlers," Descovich said.
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Instead, she said, parents may now encounter political messaging involving gender identity, immigration and the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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"Parents turn to her to teach their children potentially to be kind and be a good citizen and love your neighbor," Descovich said.
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"It would be great if she would teach kids the beginnings of learning to read and concepts so that they can be ready for kindergarten, but infiltrating gender ideology with children as young as two and three and four, that's not something parents are expecting or want to put in front of their kids at such a young age."
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In June, Ms. Rachel visited an immigration detention facility in Newark, N.J., called Delaney Hall to be with families she said had been "terrorized" by immigration enforcement.
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In one post about the visit, she wrote, "I’m still processing being outside Delaney Hall Immigration Detention Center in NJ yesterday.
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I can’t say enough wonderful things about the children and families whose loved ones are inside.
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I can’t say enough about how this cruelty is harming and traumatizing precious children who should get to just be kids.
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who → say → children
I know if you came and played cars and drew with chalk with them and laughed and sang and saw their tears you wouldn’t want what is happening to happen."
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happening → know → tears
A graphic shared on her Instagram account from the account, @readlikearockstarteaching, read, "Your toddler notices race.
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And talking about it isn’t what teaches them racism."
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what → talk → racism
In her caption, Ms. Rachel wrote, "Brilliant info from @readlikearockstarteaching - please follow!"
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Rachel → write → @readlikearockstarteaching
A Dec. 4 post from Ms. Rachel read, "Just so you know, you are welcome in Ms Rachel’s classroom & I love you.
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People who are trans, gay, nonbinary, people who are Somali, people who are any religion – Muslim, Jewish, Christian or not religious, people who use food stamps, Democrats, Republicans, people who are undocumented, people who hate me."
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Descovich said that parents should be clearly informed when a children’s entertainer uses a trusted toddler-focused platform to promote political views.
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entertainer → say → views
"What's most important here is that parents are informed on Ms. Rachel's political ideologies because they are starting to seep into all of the work she's doing with their children," Descovich said.
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Descovich → inform → children
"So, parents need to be informed, they ultimately get to choose and direct the upbringing of their children, but they absolutely should not be manipulated or, you know, sideswiped by thinking they're putting their child in front of Mr. Rogers when they're really getting a political radical like Ms. Rachel."
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Fox News Digital reached out to Ms. Rachel for comment.
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