National School Board Association Changed Language In Its "Domestic Terrorism" Letter At White House's Suggestion, FOIA'd Emails Reveal

Have our Precious Norms now been restored, NeverTrump?

A FOIA'd memo reveals that the NSBA was also "actively engaged," pre-letter, with... the DOJ.

Merrick Garland's DOJ.

Merrick Garland who claimed that he did not base his decision to use the force of the federal government to squash the first amendment rights of concerned parents on the specific language of the letter.

The letter written by the NSBA as it was "actively engaging" with his DOJ.

"Concern over the current climate for school board members is also a top priority as disruptions at school board meetings grow and members face growing threats," Garcia wrote at the time, according to the memo obtained by Parents Defending Education through a Freedom of Information Act request. "NSBA has been actively engaged with the White House, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Education, Surgeon General, and other federal agencies on pandemic related issues."

Do you stand by your fulsome recommendation of Merrick Garland as a man of impeccable character and unmatched integrity, Eternal Champion of the Deep State Andy McCarthy?

Specifically, the White House wanted the letter juiced with claims of "specific threats" they could use to justify the unprecedented use of federal law enforcement to intimidate the political opponents of their political allies, teachers and the teachers unions.

And thus, a man upset by the Loudoun School Board denying that his daughter had been forcibly sodomized by a "boy in a skirt" was transformed into a violent potential "domestic terrorist" who might need to be dealt with under "the PATRIOT Act."

Another email exclusively sent to Fox News revealed that NSBA had discussed the issues with the White House "for weeks" before sending the letter. Garcia and Chip Slaven, an NSBA executive, altered the text of the letter to satisfy the curiosity of White House staff.

"In talks over the last several weeks with White House staff, they requested additional information on some of the specific threats, so the letter also details many of the incidents that have been occurring," Slaven wrote in a September 29, 2021, email to the NSBA board of directors.

But the tweets are still nice.

posted by Ace at 01:36 PM

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