Why Do I Think They Aren't Concerned About Members Of The School Boards?

Ted Cruz defends Nazi salutes at school board meetings pic.twitter.com/9FJHJ97rFE

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 27, 2021

Hawley concludes his questioning by calling for Garland to resign pic.twitter.com/aesqhIsWKd

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 27, 2021

Merrick Garland displays an impressive degree of patience with John Kennedy's loaded questions pic.twitter.com/HkWWG1NHaB

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 27, 2021

'My god!' Merrick Garland shocked when GOP’s Marsha Blackburn asks if angry parents are like Timothy McVeigh https://t.co/q732cbjCDb

— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 27, 2021

Steve Bannon on school boards: 'It's time to start locking up these people' https://t.co/IqIqg89xbs

— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 27, 2021

Do any of these Republicans making a big fuss today over DOJ's efforts to protect school board members from violence realize that many school board members are also parents?

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 27, 2021

No.

After hours of Republicans arguing that concerns about threats against school board members are overblown, Cory Booker brings receipts showing that there have been many such incidents, including physical violence pic.twitter.com/ueVhb82VMy

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 27, 2021

Booker is the first Democrat during this hearing to get worked up and really push back on the GOP nonsense. Good for him. He even unloads on Durbin a bit. pic.twitter.com/feTWMItrPO

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 27, 2021

Garland pushes back on mischaracterizations from Tom Cotton (yep, he came back for more) pic.twitter.com/Ax8y4uptw0

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 27, 2021

Gotta have somebody to demonize.  Otherwise, why have a GOP?