GOP Senators Demand AG Garland Rescind War-On-Parents Memo: ‘Are Concerned Parents Domestic Terrorists Or Not?’

Nearly a dozen GOP senators from the Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday demanding that he rescind a memo greenlighting a campaign by federal law enforcement to go after parents who speak up at school board meetings across the country.

“Are concerned parents domestic terrorists or not?” the letter asked.

As noted in the letter, the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division took action on Garland’s October directive to target parents after the National School Boards Association begged the Biden administration to get involved in silencing those opposed to COVID-19 protocols and objectionable content in curricula. The senators said this information came to light after a whistleblower from the U.S. Department of Justice shared an email detailing the FBI’s Counterterrorism and Criminal Divisions decisions to tag and track “instances of related threats” related to school board members and other educational staff.

“This followed your October 4 memorandum alleging a ‘disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff who participate in the vital work of running our nation’s public schools,’” the letter to Garland said.