Saturday, October 23, 2021

AG Merrick Garland Admits Federal War On Parents Sprang From School Boards Letter, Not Evidence

 To think this man was Obama's choice to be on the U.S. Supreme Court

The Federalist


"Attorney General Merrick Garland admitted on Thursday that the basis for targeting and potentially charging parents concerned about what their children are learning in schools with domestic terrorism was a letter from the National School Boards Association, not real evidence.

“When did you first review the data showing this so-called disturbing uptick?” Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan asked during a House Judiciary hearing on Thursday. 

“ 'I read the letter, and we have been seeing over time—” Garland began before Jordan interrupted him.

“ 'So you read the letter? That’s your source?” Jordan asked incredulously. “Is there some study, some effort, some investigation someone did that, said there’s been a disturbing uptick, or you just take the words of the National School Board Association?”

     'Garland then confirmed it wasn’t until NSBA contacted him that his department began to investigate claims of violence and terrorism.

“ 'Well, the National School Board Association, which represents thousands of school boards and school board members, says that there are these kinds of threats. When we read in the newspapers reports of threats of violence—” Garland said before Jordan interjected again." . . .  Full article here

The Problems With the NSBA Apology for Their ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Letter  "As we previously reported, the NSBA apologized last night for a letter they had written to Joe Biden implying that parents could be “domestic terrorists.” That letter was then used by Attorney General Merrick Garland to justify a coordinated federal law enforcement effort to address “threats” against school boards, an effort which people feared was really to chill speech from parents upset about the politicized agenda being pitched to their kids in school, particularly in regard to Critical Race Theory.". . . 

The letter (cropped to enhance legibility, but contained in the posted article above):



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