Sara Clark Pierson, president of the Grand Ledge school board, said in local and national interviews (WILX-TV and National Public Radio) that the school board experienced a “mini-January 6 insurrection” during a recent public meeting when parents rushed the stage with their fists up.
Ben Cwayna, a fellow member of the school board says that the incident did not occur and that the parents are not violent.
Clark Pierson first made the claim in an interview on WILX-TV, then repeated it during an NPR interview.
After the matter was left unresolved at the school board’s last meeting, Cwayna made a long statement to correct the record. Pierson apparently was fine with covering up her dishonesty. We’ll have to wait to find out exactly what her excuse is, but you can bet it’ll be a word salad and a lot of hedging. I wouldn’t expect any corrections from NPR either.
This shows how unsubstantiated the NSBA letter really was. The two most “severe” acts did not happen. Scott Smith did not commit any violent acts that June. He flinched when an officer tried to forcibly remove him after the school board wouldn’t let him speak. This led to him being taken to the ground and then beat for it. And in this latest example, it appears the accusation didn’t happen at all, in any context.
Besides, does anyone truly believe a “mini-January 6 insurrection” happened at a Michigan school board meeting and no one took a picture? It could be that this school board president was the only one who saw it. This is not the right way to be. Yet, the DOJ used that letter to target parents anyway and continues to do so despite the NSBA’s apology.
Far-left and ideologically-based school boards are being defeated by parents. They are losing the protection they had previously enjoyed from being scrutinized. Keep the pressure up, now is the right time. Hopefully, Tuesday’s victory in Virginia will be a second for Glenn Youngkin.
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