Earlier, we told you about Christopher Rufo’s thread about Joe Biden’s DOJ targeting parents who oppose Critical Race Theory education in public schools.
BREAKING: Attorney General Merrick Garland has instructed the FBI to mobilize against parents who oppose critical race theory in public schools, citing "threats."
The letter follows the National School Board Association's request to classify protests as "domestic terrorism." pic.twitter.com/NhPU03YOYq
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 4, 2021
Well, in a shocking turn of events, First Amendment advocate David French doesn’t really see a problem with it.
I am curious to hear what @DavidAFrench thinks about this
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@conservmillen) October 5, 2021
There are an alarming level of threats against local officials, and the threats tend to be directed at people who lack resources for personal security. If law enforcement investigates and prosecutes threats, good. If it attempts to prosecute protected speech, it will lose.
— David French (@DavidAFrench) October 5, 2021
That sounds like a pretty lazy and disingenuous argument from French.
Why does the fed government have a role in this rather than municipal authorities? The blanket deployment of “law enforcement” here avoids the obvious: it’s insane to sic the feds on parents in the first place regardless of whether protected speech winds up getting prosecuted.
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) October 5, 2021
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There are threats and criminal actions that violate state law only, and in those circumstances state/local cops are the appropriate enforcement entity. There are threats and other criminal actions that violate federal law, and that implicates the DOJ.
— David French (@DavidAFrench) October 5, 2021
But have we seen any evidence that such threats have taken place? Have the feds furnished any reason to believe they have? Or does this not look instead like a heavy-handed and highly politicized deployment of federal resources?
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) October 5, 2021
Yes, there is considerable evidence of threats, both directed at school board members and at private citizens. It's happened in my own county. A very partial list of incidents is here: https://t.co/fpevgCoDnH
— David French (@DavidAFrench) October 5, 2021
Threats that justify DOJ? Or localized threats all over the country? Because this smells a whole lot like the powerful teachers unions convincing the Biden admin to try to intimidate angry parents.
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) October 5, 2021
None of the evidence they provided justifies the involvement of federal authorities. pic.twitter.com/PA2RaHY1jt
— Luke Thompson (@ltthompso) October 5, 2021
David French is apparently too busy praising the Biden administration’s overreach to concern himself with evidence.
David French 2020: Trump sending the FBI to stop riots in Portland is the "death throes" of "local autonomy."
David French 2021: Biden mobilizing the FBI against parents at school board meetings is good and proper. pic.twitter.com/gIb57ysCUr
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) October 5, 2021
In other words, intellectual consistency is not David French’s strong suit.
https://twitter.com/JWeston2021/status/1445465344051585025
Feeling blessed by liberty rn https://t.co/iPSzxR96i2
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) October 5, 2021
Who needs liberals when you have conservatives like David French
— Fleshyuwu (@fleshyuwu) October 5, 2021
It's official, I've lost all respect, of the little I had left, for @DavidAFrench
— Conservative Minds (@ConcernedChri16) October 5, 2021