You should look him up. Even the libertarians he wants to represent seem to hate him. His Twitter is full of fucked up shit and he has literally said exactly what you're claiming of "progressives". In fact, here's a link.

https://twitter.com/jeremykauffman/status/1404992317107359747?t=HpM417rB_NRY4VMJXacXQA&s=19

Also, idk what progressives your talking to but it's definitely none of the ones I know. Everyone of them that I know work to protect kids. Not fuck them.