to investigate like this, the result is to recognize federalism and there is a nationwide conspiracy. right now we are talking about isolated incidences in various school boards and the attorney general should not have sent the letter that he did. sandra: but still on the targeting of those parents, congressman jordan had a bunch of heated exchanges but then he characterized the moment for parents and this country like this, this is cut number three. americans are afraid. for the first time during my years in public office, for the first time i get the good folks in ohio and folks all around the country, they tell me for the first time that they fear their government. sandra: republicans are working hard to get their message out there and get the message of those americans who have been directly impacted by all of this. do you think the ag is listening
federation of teachers, national education association or national school board association prior to your memo? i did not. i don t know. you don t know if anyone else in the justice department did? i don t know. did you or anyone at the justice department communicate with those organizations prior to the letter? did you help the national school board association put together the letter? again, i have had no such conversations. i would be stur surprised if that happened will f.b.i. agents being attending local school board meetings? no. there is nothing in the memo to suggesting that. this memo is about violence and threats of violence. the same day you did the memo the justice department sent out a press release monday october 4, 2021. the press release says justice department addresses violent threats against school boards and teachers. a question to one of my colleagues you said parents are
actions may have been motivated by your families financial stake. i m very familiar with it and want to be clear once again that there is nothing in this memorandum, which has any effect on the kinds of curriculums that are caught and their vigorous debate is the very curricula that your son-in-law is selling. did you seek ethics counsel before you issued a letter that directly relates to the financial interests of your family yes or no? this memorandum does not relate to the financial interests of anyone. it is against i take that as a no. harris: it went on. they only have five minutes apiece so it went on. mercedes schlapp, former trump white house advisor for strategic communications and kevin walling, former joe biden
purported perjury, there is no indication. you didn t hold back, you issued a press release. you should see the distinction and how about this one? since january 20 of 2021, border patrol has encountered more than 1.3 million aliens of the south border illegally have you sent a letter or issued a memorandum for u.s. attorneys directing prosecution of these cases? no and the reference of cases comes from the department of homeland security as i mentioned before. look. you ve managed to issue a memorandum about parents showing up at school boards. i can t you issue a memorandum regarding the million plus people that illegally entered the country and encourage your u.s. attorney to prosecute those cases?
only about threats of violence and violence aimed at school officials, school employees, and teachers. first sentence of your memo you said in recent months there has been a disturbing spike in intimidation and i read the letter and we re seeing over time. whoa, i didn t ask. you read the letter. that s your source? let me be clear. this is not a prosecution or is there some study someone did that said there has been an disturbing uptick or you take the words of the national school board association? they represent thousands of school boards and school board members when they say there are these kind of threats, when we read in the newspapers reports of threats of violence, when that is in the context of threats of violence. the source for the very first line in your memo. time of the gentleman has expired. time of the gentleman has expired.