House conservatives have been targeting actions by the Justice Department to falsely suggest that the agency is slapping the "terrorist" label on parents who simply raise concerns about school curriculum.
Speaking on March 2 at the Conservative Political Action Conference, U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., said: "You have the DOJ, the Department of Justice, calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists."
We rated a similar statement in 2021 that spread on Instagram as False. We have debunked false statements on the topic by multiple politicians, including U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa. and U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio. We have repeatedly found no evidence that parents are labeled terrorists for speaking up about school curriculum concerns.
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