Tennessee Textbook Commissioner and potential House of Representatives candidate Laurie-Cardoza Moore testified before House subcommittee yesterday that she believed the commission on which she serves should have expanded authority to be able to regulate books that appear on school library shelves.

Here’s video of her remarks and a montage of clips about her background:

If only there had been a way to know this would happen:

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