Posted on 11/11/2021 6:31:46 AM PST by Kaslin
Backlash over the National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) decision to target parents has been felt far and wide. Even the NSBA is apologizing for its role. So, why won’t Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) do the same?
A little more than six years ago, I co-founded the House Freedom Caucus to push back on bullies in Congress who used their political power to pressure our colleagues to ‘fall in line’ rather than stick to their principles.
I’m seeing similar attempts at intimidation again today, only this time the bullies are school board bureaucrats who see concerned parents as a threat to the liberal agenda that they want to impose in our classrooms, which means on our children.
In late September, the top two leaders of the NSBA wrote a letter to resident Joe Biden that painted a false picture of the men and women who attend school board meetings. It claimed that school boards are “under an immediate threat” from these attendees – whose behavior the letter compared to “a form of domestic terrorism” – and then solicited the “resources” of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to combat them.
It was as out-of-touch as it was offensive – and local school board associations across the country, from Ohio and Missouri to Louisiana and Florida, have begun to distance themselves from the group in protest.
The nationwide condemnation has grown so strong that the NSBA recently issued a statement that “we regret and apologize for the letter,” which begs the question: Will the attorney general and the ASBA apologize for their own roles in perpetuating this smear campaign?
The Justice Department’s role was the most direct and egregious. Within five days of receiving the NSBA’s letter, the Biden Administration had already used it to formulate and distribute a memo coaching the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s offices on how to prosecute school board critics. Five days! Never before has the federal government worked so quickly. And now we know why.
Public records reveal that the NSBA and Biden White House had been coordinating on the letter “for several weeks” ahead of its release. The administration therefore not only approved of the language, but was directly involved in drafting it.
This makes it all-the-more curious why Garland claimed during his recent testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, “I don’t care what the letter says.” The attorney general ‘cared’ enough about the NSBA’s letter to use it as the basis for his memo, yet he feigned ignorance under the spotlight of an oversight hearing.
This pattern of obfuscation is unsettling, to say the least. What is clear is that Garland must immediately rescind his memo and apologize to parents across this country. It is the least that he can do to lower the temperature in the room until lawmakers understand how this was allowed to happen.
The ASBA also has some explaining to do.
While the national association has apologized for its actions, I am disappointed to see that this state-level association has not expressed any sense of remorse for its own, despite promoting the NSBA’s letter on its social media page and conducting a radio interview in defense of the Justice Department’s aggressive tactics.
The Justice Department’s role was the most direct and egregious. Within five days of receiving the NSBA’s letter, the Biden Administration had already used it to formulate and distribute a memo coaching the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s offices on how to prosecute school board critics. Five days! Never before has the federal government worked so quickly. And now we know why.
Public records reveal that the NSBA and Biden White House had been coordinating on the letter “for several weeks” ahead of its release. The administration therefore not only approved of the language, but was directly involved in drafting it.
This makes it all-the-more curious why Garland claimed during his recent testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, “I don’t care what the letter says.” The attorney general ‘cared’ enough about the NSBA’s letter to use it as the basis for his memo, yet he feigned ignorance under the spotlight of an oversight hearing.
This pattern of obfuscation is unsettling, to say the least. What is clear is that Garland must immediately rescind his memo and apologize to parents across this country. It is the least that he can do to lower the temperature in the room until lawmakers understand how this was allowed to happen.
The ASBA also has some explaining to do.
While the national association has apologized for its actions, I am disappointed to see that this state-level association has not expressed any sense of remorse for its own, despite promoting the NSBA’s letter on its social media page and conducting a radio interview in defense of the Justice Department’s aggressive tactics.
Yeah. They really should stop appeasing bullies. They won’t, but it’s nice to ask.
My kids chose not to attend high school after the black bullies had destroyed the rest rooms. I, never having experienced such a thing was outraged. The principal was consoling told me it wouldn’t happen again; then winter snow storm,it did.
There was no such thing as homeschooling. I certainly didn’t know how to organize and the school teachers I talked and the principal were not happy with my decision or my kids.
They all were subject to derision...there were kids skipping school with their parents’ permission.
My kids never recovered from the lack of protection the school gave them at a time in their life when they were very vulnerable.
Now, some 40years later they all have some type of advanced degrees, sometimes in excess but one called “The Mouth” has mever gone back for any degree.
I do not know why Blacks are called “Blacks”as my skin gets very dark when exposed to sunlight and when that happens, I know will have trouble.
I think calling people down for their race is disgusting. I always remember I did not consciously choose my gender or race.
In late September, the top two leaders of the NSBA wrote a letter to resident Joe Biden that painted a false picture of the men and women who attend school board meetings. It claimed that school boards are “under an immediate threat” from these attendees – whose behavior the letter compared to “a form of domestic terrorism” – and then solicited the “resources” of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to combat them.
It was as out-of-touch as it was offensive – and local school board associations across the country, from Ohio and Missouri to Louisiana and Florida, have begun to distance themselves from the group in protest.
The nationwide condemnation has grown so strong that the NSBA recently issued a statement that “we regret and apologize for the letter,” which begs the question: Will the attorney general and the ASBA apologize for their own roles in perpetuating this smear campaign?
Merritt Garland and the two a-holes at NSBA should be removed and put on trial for crimes against humanity.
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