Rand Paul defends those persecuted by Merrick Garland’s DOJ

Published October 7, 2021 2:14pm ET



Joe Biden’s promise of working toward national unity was apparently just an election ploy. His hand-picked attorney general has now ordered the FBI to aggressively pursue parents upset about the teaching of radical ideologies in their children’s classrooms.

In a memo dated Oct. 4, Garland directs “the Federal Bureau of Investigation, working with the United States Attorney, to convene meetings with federal, state, local, Tribal and territorial leaders in each federal judicial district within 30 days of the issuance of this memorandum.” When notified of this, Sen. Rand Paul called out Garland for his willful hypocrisy in protecting against threats and harassment.

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