Merrick Garland announced that he will essentially begin treating parents who voice their concerns as such, and direct the FBI to investigate them that way, if they push too hard for accountability from local school boards.The announcement was a major escalation of government action against the growing movement of parents concerned about the direction of public education.
Many parents experienced a "great awakening" as a result of COVID-19—seeing firsthand, on their children's laptops, lessons that included transgender ideology, critical race theory and even graphic sexual content.