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Luke Rosiak | Daily Wire

A Virginia school district rejected an offer from the Biden administration’s Department of Justice to step in as a mediator over its decision on whether to implement guidelines from Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin that say school districts can’t transition the gender of a child without parental consent, the district’s chairman told two U.S. congressmen.

The congressmen, Reps. Ben Cline (R-VA) and Morgan Griffith (R-VA), wrote to the Roanoke Country school board after they learned through a report from The Daily Wire on the DOJ’s attempt to step into the local political matter using its Community Relations Service (CRS). The DOJ said it had the ability to step in as mediator due to “ongoing community tensions in Roanoke following the release of the new model policies for transgender students” — a reference to two leftist activists who were arrested for protesting a meeting over whether to implement the policy.

Cline told The Daily Wire that the Biden administration has “no right” to intervene in his Virginia’s local affairs, especially given its track record in the commonwealth, which includes comparing concerned parents who show up at school board meetings to domestic terrorists.

“Whether it’s targeting concerned parents in Loudoun County or seeking to intervene as ‘mediator’ in Roanoke County School Board deliberations, the Biden DOJ has no right to try to insert itself into important issues facing parents and students,” Cline said. “I applaud the Roanoke County School Board for rejecting the agency’s politicized attempt to overstep its authority and ensuring that the elected board members are the ones making the decisions.”