An editorial in "The Epoch Times" written by Newt Gingrich, stated education from K - 12 was a Republilcan asset. In it Gingrich goes on to say that choice is a parents last hope for their child's education and it is a Republican winning asset.
Today, Tom Cotton attacked Attorney General Garland because he could but not because he should. There was no reason to attack AG Garland.
October 27, 2021By Harper Neidig
Attorney General Merrick Garland (click here) on Wednesday clashed with Republican senators over the Justice Department's efforts to crack down on violent threats against school boards, with one GOP member telling the former judge, "Thank God you're not on the Supreme Court."
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) made the remark during a heated exchange in which the senator tried to tie the Justice Department's new school board policy to an incident in Loudoun County, Va., where a teenager was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student in a school bathroom.
"This testimony, your directive, your performance is shameful," Cotton said. "Thank God, you're not on the Supreme Court. You should resign in disgrace, judge."...
Cotton was plugging into the fear of COVID-19 among parents. Tom Cotton, all of a sudden, doesn't believe in the Rule of Law.
AG Garland wrote a regulation stating that if School Board Members are threatened it can and should be considered a crime. The issue at hand is that School Board members are elected by the people and while a minority of people may not like the election outcome they have no right to threaten School Board members if they open schools while the virus is still a problem in the community.
The way the USA handles such issues is that elections can change the way a school board decides it's regulation of schools.
I understand that some parents want the schools open and diminishes the problem with the virus and some parents are more protective and want their children home, safe from COVID-19, and on zoom for classes. School boards have it tough. They are damned if they do and damned if they don't. So, the idea AG Garland is a crackpot of some kind in regard to protecting elected officals of School Boards is nothing but pandering to the extremist voters of the USA that receive their news through crackpot news organizations.
Attorney General Garland is doing the right thing and is upholding the Rule of Law. Lord only knows what sort of order Cotton is expecting anyone to abide by, probably anarchy. Live by the gun, die by the gun.
What are we paying people like Cotton for anyway?
