Wikimedia Commons / Gage Skidmore
School-voucher advocate Corey DeAngelis speaks at an event in Florida.
Self-described "school choice evangelist" Corey DeAngelis is on leave from his job at the American Federation for Children — a conservative voucher-focused lobbying group — after porn clips from 2014 resurfaced this week on social media, according to the Independent.
One of those videos shows the Trump-endorsed political operative engaged in a masturbation competition with a group of naked dudes, The Advocate reports.
An active social media user, DeAngelis hasn't posted anything on the X platform since Sept. 19. His page has also been removed from the American Federation for Children's website.
The regular Fox News contributor has repeatedly come out against LGBTQ+ protections in public schools, according to news reports. During a July Fox Business appearance, he blamed National Education Association President Rebecca S. Pringle's focus on protecting queer students for declining math and reading scores.
"They're focused more on the LGBTs than the ABCs," DeAngelis said.
"Parents and grandparents at home, do you want [Pringle] raising your kids for seven hours a day? Obviously not. You got to fight for school choice," he continued during that TV appearance. "Defund this person. She makes over $500,000 a year to spew this garbage, and she wants to fight to control the minds of other people's children, and that's bad news for this country. But the good news is parents are seeing this crap, but sunlight is the best disinfectant, and parents for pushing for school choice."
DeAngelis has deep ties to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who's been trying to pass school-voucher legislation — albeit with little success — for the past two years.
During this year's Texas House primaries, DeAngelis' American Federation for Children Victory Fund Super PAC targeted 12 Republican incumbents who voted against Abbott's voucher bill during the past legislative session.
Among those targeted was Steve Allison, who represented House District 121, which includes Alamo Heights and other North San Antonio neighborhoods. In February, DeAngelis joined Abbott at an Alamo City rally for Allison's primary challenger, San Antonio attorney Marc LaHood.
With the help of Abbott and DeAngelis, LaHood defeated Allison by 14 points.
A photo of Abbott and DeAngelis smiling and shaking hands shared by anti-school voucher Republican State Rep. Glenn Rogers also went viral this week after reports of the porn clips.
— Representative Glenn Rogers (@RogersForTexas) September 20, 2024Abbott's office didn't immediately respond to the Current's request for comment.
Since the decade-old clips surfaced, DeAngelis has also canceled at least one speaking engagement.
It remains to be seen what impact the DeAngelis controversy will have on Texas' school voucher debates. But one thing's for sure: Lone Star State journalists, including Quorum Report Editor Scott Braddock and the Texas Observer's Steven Monacelli appear to be getting a kick out of the whole thing.The event that Corey Deangelis was supposed to speak at and stream live on YouTube at 6pm today has seemingly been canceled. #txlege pic.twitter.com/UqU1PMPcmI
— Tony Ortiz (Current Revolt) (@CurrentRevolt) September 20, 2024
Why isn't @DeAngelisCorey spending the day retweeting himself like he usually does?
— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) September 21, 2024
Subscribe to SA Current newsletters.Corey DeAngelis' page on the American Federation for Children, where he was a senior fellow, has been removed.https://t.co/av58NR2xOr pic.twitter.com/1pX8sS0Uzf
— steven monacelli (@stevanzetti) September 21, 2024
Follow us: Apple News | Google News | NewsBreak | Reddit | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter| Or sign up for our RSS Feed
