Republicans Are Losing Their Minds Because the DOJ Wants to Help Protect Threatened School Officials

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : He ran into a buzzsaw of outraged Republican senators who took the attorney general to task for ... allowing federal law enforcement to consult with local law enforcement about how to handle a rash of violent threats against school board officials.
46% : The NSBA last week apologized for some of the language it used in its letter, but Garland on Wednesday stood by his Oct. 4 memo, arguing the threats still warrant federal intervention.
37% : Cotton on Wednesday excoriated Garland for daring to enlist federal law enforcement to assist localities in dealing with threats against school board members, calling the attorney general "shameful" and said he should "resign in disgrace."
36% : The most incensed among the Republican senators grill Garland, however, was Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who last year argued that the military should be called in to snuff out Black Lives Matter protests.
17% : Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) barked that Attorney General Merrick Garland should "resign in disgrace" over a memo directing federal law enforcement to assist localities in handling the rash of threats

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