Maryland Democrat Jamie Ruskin omitted key details while claiming Tuesday that former President Joe Biden’s administration did not slander parents who protested at the school board meeting.

Ruskin on the House Judiciary Committee Hearing On October 4, 2021, I referred to a note by General Merrick Garland at the time on the Department of Justice’s weaponization. Merrick Garland instructed the FBI to “use authority” in response to school staff facing threats. He added that the memo was not explicitly mentioned as it did not target parents, but that the federal government “followed a September 29, 2021 letter from the National Board of Education Association (NSBA). He stated that he had neglected to participate in the “. “The immediate threat of parents who spoke and protested at the Board of Education meeting.” (Related: Exclusive: FBI Director told former agent that the department “will stay in his own lane and not attend school board meetings)

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“I’ve heard about the prosecution and slander of my parents, my mother and father. Hey, I’m a father. My kids went to public school,” Ruskin said. “It’s not so good for me, so I’ve been hearing about it for five years now, so I’m trying to get to the bottom of this. And I ask myself, they talk about what Are you doing it? So I got a note from Attorney General Merrick Garland.”

“And that starts – I don’t have time to read everything – “There were disturbing spikes of harassment, threats and threats against school administrators, teachers, officers and staff.” “Mother” or “father” The word does not appear. The word “parent” doesn’t appear here,” he said. “There’s all this propaganda about the prosecution of parents. [that] It’s absolutely not based on anything. This is just made up of thin air, so I’ll submit this to the record. ”

In its letter, the NSBA said the incident with parents protesting at a school board meeting “equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes.” That’s what parents were like during this period Spearhead Fee It goes against controversial issues like mask and vaccine mandates, school reopening, remote learning, transgender policy and critical racial theories.

NSBA Leadership I apologized To members over the letter “Because of tension and stress, because this situation has caused you and your organization.” The organization’s leader reportedly worked with the Biden White House “a few weeks” before releasing the letter. Email It was obtained by parents who advocate for education.

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