We had a reader request that we lay out our Linda Vermooten posts as a timeline. Ask and ye shall receive. We’re going to condense this significantly, so here you go!
Linda Vermooten: The Origin Story
Linda was born and raised by an extremely Christian family in South Africa during Apartheid. She has only attended Christian schools and colleges, which were formed to train missionaries – Central Bible College for her BA, Assemblies of God Seminary for her Master of Science in Counseling and Master of Divinity, and Forest Institute for her PhD in Psychology.
According to her website and Facebook page, she currently belongs to and teaches vacation Bible school at Lord of Hosts in Millard, which is known for being a cult. Their pastor, Hank Kunneman, preaches about 2020 election denialism, believes it’s a Biden body double in the White House or that it’s someone in a mask, and requires all ushers at the church to be armed. (Source: Reddit)
Linda has no children and has never taught in public schools. She taught at Grace University, which kicked out gay students. (Source: Wikipedia)
Linda Vermooten Hates Teachers, Librarians & LGBTQIA Folks
February 8, 2023 – Linda Vermooten testified in favor of LB574 (Text of LB574) at the Nebraska Legislature. LB574 aka the “Let Them Grow Act” bans gender-affirming care for minors. Linda stated that people are transgender because they’re autistic or were raped as children. (Source: Linda’s testimony – CTRL+F to locate it by searching “Vermooten”)
March 24, 2023 – Linda Vermooten testified in favor of LB441 (Text of LB441) at the Nebraska Legislature. LB441 would change section 28‑815, Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska, to make it possible to charge teachers and librarians for offenses involving obscene materials, something proponents of the bill refer to as a “loophole.” (Source: Linda’s testimony)
Linda Vermooten Advocates for Banning Books
April 10, 2023 – Conversations on book banning began in Plattsmouth schools. Two people – a homeschooling friend of Terri’s and one of Terri’s sons – addressed the board in favor of book banning. (Source: School Board Minutes)
The book removal resulted in protests. (Source: KMTV News)
Parents and students planned to attend the May 8, 2023 meeting. (Source: KMTV News)
May 8, 2023 – Linda Vermooten attended the Plattsmouth School Board meeting to speak in favor of banning books. (Source: School Board Minutes) She claimed the books are obscene and that if she handed them out on the street, she would be arrested for the distribution of pornography. She asked if the community was “ready for a tsunami of pornographic addiction.” (Sources: Plattsmouth BDTV – video no longer available due to being over 1 year old – and River Country News)
May 10, 2023 – the list of books Terri Cunningham-Swanson wants banned from Plattsmouth Schools is published by multiple news outlets. The challenged books – which Linda wants banned from the school libraries – primarily feature themes of LGBTQIA+ identity and racial injustice, as well as navigating drug addiction and mental illness, including:
The Hate You Give – a book about racial justice and identity
Lucky – a memoir that includes a woman’s sexual assault and its effect on her life
Ghost Boys – a book about racial justice, including Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy who was lynched and murdered in 1955
Slaughterhouse Five – an anti-war novel that discusses several historical events
And multiple books with gay and transgender characters. (Source: KETV News)
Terri states in an email to a book banning sympathizer that she wanted to also ban The Diary of Anne Frank graphic novel adaptation, “hesitated,” but still felt it needed to be restricted. (Source: Terri’s email)
June 12, 2023 – Linda Vermooten attends the Plattsmouth School Board meeting to speak again in favor of banning books. At this point, the books were under review by a diverse group of teachers and staff members from the district, and the first recall effort against Terri Cunningham-Swanson was under way. (Source: School Board Minutes – video no longer available due to being over 1 year old)
July 10, 2023 – Linda Vermooten attends the Papillion-LaVista School Board meeting to speak again in favor of banning books by claiming there is pornography in their libraries. (Source: Papillion-LaVista Schools YouTube)
Linda Vermooten Believes Public Schools are Raping Children
July 20, 2023 – Linda Vermooten speaks at “Protect Our Kids 2023” and, in talking about public schools, states “Every day, your child is raped. Yes, they are raped. How? Emotionally and psychologically.” (Source: Audio of Linda Vermooten at Protect Our Kids 2023 – specific remark is at about 13:45)
Linda Vermooten and Moms for Liberty
September 22, 2023 – Linda Vermooten signs the Moms for Liberty Parent Pledge. (Source: Linda’s Facebook Page)
September 28, 2023 – Linda Vermooten spoke on behalf of Terri Cunningham-Swanson and her book banning endeavors again, this time at Terri’s self-hosted town hall in Plattsmouth. Linda stated that schools are exposing children to sexually explicit material. (Source: Cass County GOP YouTube)
November 6, 2023 – Linda Vermooten attended the Bellevue Public Schools board meeting to protest the board’s decision to remove a policy that stated that schools were responsible for teaching moral and spiritual values. (Sources: Bellevue School Board Minutes and Facebook Live starting at 9:00 – turn up the volume for this one)
Linda Vermooten and First Baptist (Actual Pedophiles)
March 8, 2024 – LInda Vermooten’s campaign posted a video to YouTube that refers to her as a “Champion for Children.” The video was filmed at, according to her website, the “historic” First Baptist School in Plattsmouth. (Source: Linda’s Website)
In 2022, a Bible teacher for First Baptist, Jared Kobernat, was arrested for child sexual abuse. In 2024, he was sentenced to 4 years in prison. (Source: River Country News) Also in 2022, a Sunday School teacher for First Baptist, William (Bill) Marks, was arrested for child sexual abuse. (Source: WOWT News) Bill was soon found dead in his cell and never faced trial.
July 8, 2024 – Linda Vermooten attended the election denial event held by “Cass Election Integrity” and the Cass County GOP at Round the Bend Steakhouse in Ashland. The speaker was debunked conspiracy theorist, Dr. Douglas Frank, who claims to have mathematical proof that the 2020 election was stolen. (Source: Linda’s Facebook Page, posted July 10, 2024)
July 15, 2024 – July 18, 2024 – Linda attended the RNC as a delegate from Bellevue, Nebraska, where she was “honored” to be a Trump delegate. (Source: Linda’s Facebook Page, posted July 23, 2024)
July 24, 2024 – We emailed Linda to ask her the following questions based on her multiple claims of porn and “obscene materials” in schools, that reading such books harms children’s brains, and based on the testimony of victims who were sexually assaulted as pre-teens and teenagers by Donald Trump (Source: Victim Testimony [warning: graphic testimony about the sexual assault of children]):
- Is what children learn, read or see everyday in public school worse than Donald Trump’s sexual assault of adolescent girls?
- How was the brain of the 12-year-old girl raped by Donald Trump affected by that event?
- What kind of trauma would she have suffered over the years because Donald Trump sexually assaulted her?
- How does that compare to the trauma you claim children suffer by attending our public schools?
- Which is worse: Donald Trump traumatizing a 12-year-old girl by forcing her to perform sexual acts on himself and others, or that same preteen reading a challenged book?
We have yet to receive a response from Ms. Vermooten to our questions.
On another note, we’ve received multiple emails concerning Linda Vermooten posing with children for campaign photos, likely without parental consent. Her grooming behavior is creepy, though also explains why she likes Donald Trump so much. As childless people are sociopaths, according to JD Vance (Source: Everywhere on the Internet), we have to agree in this instance.
It’s weird that Linda Vermooten wants to hang out with children, and dictate what our children learn and the future of our public schools.
tl;dr Linda Vermooten is a champion for:
- Arresting teachers and librarians for doing their jobs
- Book banning
- Whitewashing history
- Invalidating LGBTQIA identities
- A president who is a child rapist
- Religious institutions that hire pedophiles
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