Rep. Jim Banks: School Board Group 'Pushing for Authoritarianism'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Included in its list of examples of "threats or actual acts of violence" for which NSBA is seeking federal law enforcement assistance:
54% : The chairman of the Republican Study Committee has demanded the National School Board Association (NSBA) explain its request for federal law enforcement to assist in matters between parents and local school officials.
53% : Planned and preventable, but not prevented by local law enforcement."
47% : Not prosecuted by local law enforcement; or 2.
43% : Is that because there have been very few instances of unlawful violence targeted at school boards, and in such instances, local law enforcement has responded appropriately?
42% : In response to a letter last week by NSBA, in which the organization asked President Joe Biden for "federal law enforcement and other assistance" to cope with frustrated parents at local school board meetings, Attorney General Merrick Garland mobilized the FBI, working with U.S. attorneys across the country, against parents, based on NSBA reports of incidents the group characterized as "threats or actual acts of violence against our school districts."
42% : "The letter conflates disagreement with violence in an attempt to convince federal law-enforcement to crack down on your political opponents," Banks asserted, questioning NSBA's descriptions of "threats or actual acts of violence" cited in its letter.
42% : So, by the only relevant standard, federal law enforcement assistance is unnecessary.
41% : In fact, you don't cite a single instance of local law enforcement failing to arrest criminals who've broken the law.

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