"The Calls Are Coming From Inside The House!"

Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the @FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory.

Biden’s disgusting socialist agenda must end. We won’t let him intimidate & silence parents.

— Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) October 5, 2021

I guess he means "parents" like this:

A North Carolina school board approved a resolution condemning white supremacist groups on Monday — shortly after at least one member of the Proud Boys was escorted out of the meeting.

Granted, that wasn't about threats and intimidation, it was about violating the rules of the meeting.  Which is actually a common use of such rules to maintain order, especially in these disordered times:

The Proud Boys member was one of several people who were cut off and removed by law enforcement when they tried to speak about "critical race theory" and other topics that didn't appear on the agenda of the Orange County school board, according to a report from Raleigh's News & Observer.

But that was this time, this time not being the only time the "Proud Boys" have tried to speak:

In response to other recent Proud Boys demonstrations, the school board then unanimously approved a resolution opposing "incidents of hostile and racist behavior," and saying it "stands united against all forms of white nationalism and white supremacy."

"According to the school board resolution, Proud Boys members have spoken at school board meetings and shown up at Orange High School, including at the Sept. 24 football game, to protest the district's COVID-19 policies," the newspaper reported. "The resolution details emails from teachers and students who describe how unsafe they feel being around the Proud Boys. The comments include people charging that Proud Boys members shouted racist and homophobic slurs at students."

What "radical curriculum" is the school board trying to protect students from, Senator?  The one that advocates shouting "racist and homophobic slures at students"?

I really don't think parents are as stupid as you think they are.

"In recent months, there has been 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," Garland wrote. "While spirited debate about policy matters is protected under our Constitution, that protection does not extend to threats of violence or efforts to intimidate individuals based on their views." 

Criminal threats of violence are not really the same thing as "speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids" from curriculum which is, by and large, set by the state, not by local school boards.  Which is another problem:  the promotion of civic illiteracy, as well as simple incivility.  Don't we expect better than that of our leaders?  Shouldn't we?