It was reported earlier today by the Daily Mail that Tucker Carlson went after Attorney General Merrick Garland over his plans for an FBI crackdown on parents who stand up to woke school boards, comparing the treatment of concerned moms and dads to that of ‘domestic terrorists.’
The Fox News host lashed out on his show Tuesday night at the ‘radical’ Justice Department’s decision to draft in the FBI to prosecute parents for protesting against the likes of critical race theory (CRT) and transgender ideology being taught to their children in schools across America.
‘If you’re one of those troglodytes who think you should have, some say in what your children are taught in the schools that you pay for, you should know the Biden administration now views you as a domestic terrorist,’ said Carlson.
‘And they are fully willing to used armed agents of the state to compel you to shut up.’
On Monday, Garland sent a memo saying the FBI and local law enforcement had been engaged to tackle the ‘disturbing trend’ of teachers being threatened or harassed.
The memo said that while ‘spirited debate about policy matters is protected under our Constitution, that protection does not extend to threats or violence or efforts to intimate individuals based on their views.’
‘In the coming days the department will announce a series of measures designed to address the rise in criminal conduct directed toward school personnel,’ it read.
The move was spurred by the National School Boards Association (NSBA), which wrote to the Biden administration last week asking for protection from angry parents, who the group said had threatened and committed acts of violence against school boards.
Carlson highlighted the fact that the NSBA is a lobbying group which donates heavily to the Democrat party, implying that the Biden administration had issued its latest edict to try and keep their paymasters happy.
It comes at a time when parents and school boards across the country have gone to war over the last year – predominantly over anti-racist teachings, transgender rights and COVID-19 restrictions.
