During a Department of Justice oversight hearing with Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday, House Judiciary Committee ranking member Senator Jim Jordan expressed his concern, anger, and outrage at an administration that stifles Americans liberties, has said they would investigate parents at school board meetings, and has created an air of fear in the US.
“Mr. Chairman, Americans are afraid,” said Jordan, going on to say that “folks all around the country, they tell me for the first time, they fear their government.”
At the end of his opening remarks, he was blocked from playing a video highlighting the countless parents that have spoken up in school board meetings. Jordan attempted to have the video played due to Garland’s announcement earlier this month that the Department of Justice would take up investigations into parents that have been deemed unruly while speaking out against critical race theory teachings and COVID-19 restrictions in schools.
