Red State: Domenech asked Paul if people should worry about appearing on government lists if they say the wrong thing, and Paul reminded acknowledged that lists like these already exist and that it would be right to fear the government in this regard.

“That’s a sad thing from someone in the government to say, but the thing is, is those lists already exist. For example, people in northern Virginia that have gone to [protests], have been then sought out by the school council, by the members of the school board and retaliated [against] in a sort of legalistic way to try to put them on some sort of list and chill their speech by letting them know there’ll be a penalty for showing up and protesting,’ Paul said…

‘If you go to a school board meeting and you’re disruptive and you don’t obey the rules of the school board meeting, then there will be local punishment,’ Paul said. ‘But that has nothing to do with the federal law, it has nothing to do with the Department of Justice. What Merrick Garland did is, he’s attempting to stifle dissent, and he’s attempting to say, ‘Beware or Big Brother’s coming after you if you speak out against my policies or against the Biden policies.”

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New York Post: “Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Wednesday that Americans should ‘be afraid of your government’ after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the FBI would probe a purported spike in threats to local school officials amid protests over mask mandates and the addition of critical race theory to curricula.

‘Moms at school boards are being told that they’re criminals, potential domestic terrorists, for the crime of dissent,’ Paul told ‘Fox News Primetime,’ ‘and I think criminalizing dissent is something that we should all be appalled with.’

Sen. Rand Paul talks to Ben Domenech about the DOJ cracking down on concerned parents at school board meetings: “I think criminalizing dissent is something that we should all be appalled with.” pic.twitter.com/NQmt1J9saM

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) October 6, 2021

When host Ben Domenech asked Paul what he would say to Americans who are worried that ‘if they go to their local school board and say the wrong thing, that they’re going to end up on some list that Merrick Garland goes after,’ the senator answered in no uncertain terms.

‘I would say be afraid. Be afraid of your government,’ Paul said.”

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