Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell told AG Merrick Garland that parents 'absolutely should be telling' local schools what to teach amid debates over mask and vaccine mandates, the role of racial equity education and transgender rights in schools
Washington Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday told Attorney General Merrick Garland that parents"absolutely should be telling" local schools what to teach amid a debate over mask and vaccine mandates, the role of racial equity education and transgender rights in schools that has become a flash point ahead of the 2022 midterms.
"Parents absolutely should be telling their local schools what to teach. This is the very basis of representative government," McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, wrote in a letter."They do this both in elections and -- as protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution -- while petitioning their government for redress of grievance. Telling elected officials they're wrong is democracy, not intimidation."CNN has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.
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