This morning Attorney General Merrick Grland returns to Congress. He is being interrogated by a Senate panel on various matters. First and foremost, though, continues to be the DOJ’s handling of so-called “domestic terrorism” threats involving school boards.
As RedState reported, the NSBA has already retracted the letter that prompted Garland’s department to target the father of a girl who has been sexually assaulted, among others. Scott Smith is now requesting a complete apology. This was not included in the original retraction. Legal action is promised if he doesn’t get it.
Now, questions are flying around about exactly what evidence the DOJ had when they made their pledge in response to the NSBA’s initial claim of domestic terrorism. Garland did not have an answer, other than to say he had seen it in the news. Dick Durbin attempted to support that stupid response by claiming Google as the source.
An exchange with @SenMikeLeeAG Garland will be asked about specific threats of violence which led him to announce an investigation into protestors at school board meetings. Garland cannot cite any other than “news reports”. pic.twitter.com/kERupDGM1F
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 27, 2021
@SenatorDurbinDefense of the DoJ’s targeting parents: I typed “school board violence” into a search tool this morning. Page after page is coming up … I don’t believe we should infringe on free speech but free speech does not involve threats and violence, period” pic.twitter.com/yCgNPNZC16
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 27, 2021
I shouldn’t have to explain this to high-ranking officials in the US government, but the fact that you can google something or see it in the news is not proof that a problem exists. When it comes to protecting the institutions they choose, such as public education, the press can be sensationalist or dishonest. Scott Smith’s reports, as an example, were lacking key context and completely untrue. Past that, there’s really nothing else out there of note except some school board members claiming unsubstantiated threats. That’s the evidence (or lack thereof) that moved the DOJ to label parents as domestic terrorists?
It is clear that Republicans questioning Garland didn’t like his excuse-making and obfuscation. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Chuck, made it clear that the DOJ needed to retract its initial guidance because the letter on which it was based has been retracted.
GRASSLEY: “Since you and the White House based your memo on this delegitimized letter, I assume you’re going to revoke your extremely divisive memo…This kind of looks like something that would come out of some communist country.” pic.twitter.com/9sUD203ngm
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 27, 2021
You can bet that won’t happen. No matter how sensitive or contentious the topic, Biden’s administration will never admit fault. They certainly aren’t going to admit to getting out over their skis in taking the NSBA’s word for it that parents qualify as domestic terrorists.
In a rational world Garland wouldn’t be forced to resign for this disgraceful error. Sen. Tom Cotton stated this clearly during his time.
Sen. @TomCottonAR just erupted on AG Merrick Garland:
Thank God that you’re not on this Supreme Court. Judge, you should be fired immediately. pic.twitter.com/bRc8xsvt6c
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) October 27, 2021
It was time to take off the gloves and say what you think. Garland, a hacker who has proven himself nothing but a servant of the government, is no more than that. There’s nothing independent about him. The country dodged a massive bullet when he wasn’t confirmed to the Supreme Court. This is shameful that the 20 Republican senators approved his confirmation. I’d say I’m hopeful a lesson has been learned here, but I suspect it hasn’t been.
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