As Twitchy reported, it was a matter of days between the National School Boards Association sending a letter to the Biden administration and Attorney General Merrick Garland sending a memo to the FBI directing it to coordinate efforts with local law enforcement in the face of threats to teachers and school board members. Anti-critical race theory crusader Christopher Rufo sent out a tweet saying that Garland’s memo followed the National School Board Association’s request to classify protests as “domestic terrorism.”
The Associated Press fact-checked Rufo and found his claim to be false:
Contrary to false claims circulating online, the National School Boards Association didn’t ask President Joe Biden to label protesting parents “domestic terrorists,” and there’s no indication Biden or the Justice Department called them terrorists, either. https://t.co/kVflaQKHme
— AP Fact Check (@APFactCheck) October 6, 2021
Terrence Fraser writes:
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The organization — the NSBA, for short — is not asking Biden to label parents who protest at school board meetings as terrorists. The NSBA asked the administration to do an interagency investigation of threats of violence against school board members and said the threats “could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes.” Biden has yet to publicly comment on the issue, and there’s no indication he or the Department of Justice has called protesting parents “domestic terrorists,” despite false claims to that effect by social media users.
The AP claims that my report about the NSBA is "misinformation."
But their "fact check" is easily debunked by the NSBA letter itself, which asks the administration to classify parent protests as "a form of domestic terrorism" and recommends prosecution under the "PATRIOT Act." pic.twitter.com/W4kg71BQcB
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 6, 2021
The AP's easily debunked "fact check" is driving a massive ratio and the reporter has locked his account.
It's time for fact check editor (and former HuffPo employee) @KarenMahabir to retract this story. pic.twitter.com/5RI1CQVTLX
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 6, 2021
🤥🤥🤥🤥 pic.twitter.com/tnmgjAOIVi
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) October 6, 2021
Fun fact: "AP" stands for "Activist Progressives."
— Christina Pushaw (@ChristinaPushaw) October 6, 2021
If you're going to lie, maybe doing so in a way that is stupid, obviously, and easily refuted isn't the way to go, but you do you.
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) October 6, 2021
IT'S THE YELLOW PART.
(It's circled in red, too. Hope you find it!) pic.twitter.com/fuZZhXXNgo
— J.G. Petruna (@jgpetruna) October 6, 2021
It's literally in the memo
— Jim Polk 🇺🇸 (@JimPolk) October 6, 2021
"Contrary to false claims circulating online…"
Hey, @AP, is your "fact check" here claiming this is false because they didn't go to the Delaware basement and ask Joe Biden himself? https://t.co/xJQ0WKEhx6 pic.twitter.com/jX8zHUkXSN
— Aldous Huxley's Ghost™ (@AF632) October 6, 2021
The NSBA LITERALLY called it "domestic terrorism" in their letter. pic.twitter.com/Bjzk8qT804
— Fakeserpounce-Standing With Israel. (@fakeserpounce) October 6, 2021
Sweet spin, bro
— Maggie Maggenhall (@HitTheRoadCunt) October 6, 2021
Thank you for providing a stellar example of why public trust in the media has fallen so low.
— Man_in_the_High_Keep-{R.A.T.S.-TDA3c} (@bee_flippen) October 6, 2021
It's literally in the NSBA letter. But mainstream be like: pic.twitter.com/DKfj0Xxynj
— Nina Infinity (@Nina7Infinity) October 6, 2021
This isn't fact-checking. It's PR.
— Tom Garrett (@TheAxisOfEgo) October 6, 2021
"Google, what is a ratio?"
— SB (@Siewbydoo) October 6, 2021
Absurd Propaganda, you people.
— Jay (@OneFineJay) October 6, 2021
— DebU (@stldebbie2011) October 6, 2021
— Christopher Carroll (@Chriscarroll50) October 6, 2021
— Xenachief (@xenachief) October 6, 2021
This is pretty bad @AP. I read the letters and they are pretty clear. Please be better. We need honest journalism now more than ever.
— Terry Fahn (@terryfahn) October 6, 2021
"A form of domestic terrorism" Its literally in the letter. No amount of spin from the NSBA can erase the slandering of parents in their outrageous un-American letter.
— Ari Fantis (@rprez2012) October 6, 2021
Photo from the AP office today. Spin, spin, spin. pic.twitter.com/6HfxRbbrWG
— Get Off My Patience Wearing Thin Lawn (@therealnovatra1) October 6, 2021
Did you read the letter?
— WeTheCommoners (@CommonersWe) October 6, 2021
— RAMBAUGH (@RIP_theBig10) October 6, 2021
Since when has the @FBI ever been asked to be involved with parents speaking at school board meetings?
What’s changed in America that even makes this an issue?
— Jason Vance (@achilles1974) October 6, 2021
Did Psaki write this for you?
— Chris (@CML_Texas) October 6, 2021
Delete this
— Jules Vern (@gulfstreamventu) October 6, 2021
It is very explicitly in their request, you are lying.
— Zachary Griffith (@ZacGriffith92) October 6, 2021
Thank you, Democratic Party's PR firm. Whatever they're paying you, it's too much.
— The Big Guy (@ArchStanton1874) October 6, 2021
You lie.
— Dan Gainor (@dangainor) October 6, 2021
The screenshots are all over this thread. GFY.
— xristosdomini (@xristosdomini) October 6, 2021
https://twitter.com/G1GAB3AR/status/1445850186996142080
— Usually "Unnecessarily Moderate" (@normouspenis) October 6, 2021
— Nathan Moreno-Smith (@Nathan96868855) October 6, 2021
Check again. #RIPJournalism
— Conservative Virginia (@OldDominionPost) October 6, 2021
Related:
COWARDS! National School Boards Association asks Biden admin to look into angry parents as ‘domestic terrorism’ and ‘hate crimes’ https://t.co/hhRUAGVeeo
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 1, 2021
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