terrorism because a father gets mad? are we, my friends, neighbors and constituents, are we domestic terrorists? no. are we criminals? given the timing of this, your memo appears to have been motivated by politics more than any pressing federal law enforcement need. martha: right there is one of the big question for today. so former education secretary betsy devos has called the move a shameless attempt to intimidate parents and she joins us now. secretary devos, good to have you with us today. what was your reaction you watched this play out this afternoon? well, very concerning. i mean, parents have a right to know what is going on in their kids schools, what they re being taught and they have a right to be heard. what we saw here today was a continued defense of what is clearly a very political move, calculated move when national
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questioning why the federal government has to get involved at all. martha? thank you. betsy devos, former education secretary under president trump joins me now. secretary devos, good to have you with us. thanks for joining us. big picture thought here. when you heard about this story that they were considering using the patriot act for individuals who they think are out of line in pushing back or harassing school boards or teacher. it s a massive overreach on the federal government and an escalation where there shouldn t be. a totally disproportionate response. there s no place for physical violence anywhere for anyone.but there s also no place for intimidating parents from speaking their mind and caring about their kids education and their futures. there s been a lot of pressure on school board and a lot of people running for school boards that are trying to sort of make sure that their voices are heard on those school boards