Thu Oct 28, 2021 – 11:43 am EDT
WASHINGTON (LifeSiteNews) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas blasted Biden-appointed Attorney General Merrick Garland in a Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, accusing the AG of bowing to pressure from a special interest group to use the FBI to investigate parents protesting at school board meetings for alleged “domestic terrorism.”
Cruz also accused Garland of a potential conflict of interest, noting that radical racial ideology is a major flashpoint for school board disagreement, and Garland’s son-in-law co-founded an education company which allegedly supports the teaching of so-called “Critical Race Theory.”
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Sen. Cruz began his questioning of AG Garland by stating that the Department of Justice under the Obama administration had been “politicized and weaponized,” and that in his confirmation hearing in February Garland “promised things would be different” under his leadership.
“That was your promise just a few months ago. I’m sorry to say you have broken that promise,” Cruz said.
Backing up his claim, the Texas senator spoke about the controversial September 29 letter penned by the National School Board Association (NSBA) which suggested that concerned parents protesting radical school policies were engaging in “a
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