the group is conservative but non-partisan. yet many of the issues they're fighting for align with beliefs of republican lawmakers like florida governor ron desantis including eliminating mask mandates in schools. >> i don't think they -- >> 520 counties and they looked at schools that had mask mandates and didn't, and it showed that the masks did work. >> there are multiple studies that show this. happy to let you look at them if you like. they're right here. but when moms for liberty are going into the school board meetings to voice their frustration and citing things like masks don't work -- >> because they don't. >> that's not what the science shows. >> okay. i'm going to have to disagree with you on that. masks don't stop transmission. >> but later descovich did acknowledge certain masks do