Social media users criticized Attorney General Merrick Garland after a video of him leaving the Justice Department in a celebratory mood went viral.
A Justice Department video showed Garland leaving the department on Friday to cheers and applause from department employees and other government officials who lined the hallway to see him off.
But the attorney general's critics on X (formerly Twitter) had a very different take on him.
“Okay, Merrick Garland, you pathetic crook. @PamBondi will finally restore dignity to the Department of Justice. MAGA!” RNC Research wrote about X.
The embattled attorney general has been a regular target of conservatives and Republican leaders throughout the four years of the Biden administration, and was accused of corruption throughout the four years of the Biden administration.
Critics have accused Garland of using the department as a weapon against President-elect Donald Trump after he launched an investigation into the president's handling of classified records, including the Mar-a-Lago attack. denounced. Garland admitted he “personally approved” the attack.
Conservatives have blasted Garland in multiple instances over his ministry's treatment of Catholics, including one in which a Republican lawmaker accused the Justice Department of refusing to “bring justice” after an attack on the Catholic church. It was a condemnable incident.
Garland also came under fire at a Congressional hearing about Catholics being allegedly targeted by the FBI.
Attorney General directs FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office to meet with federal, state, and local law enforcement leaders on ways to combat what the Justice Department calls “an increase in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against schools.” After that, conservatives pursued the attorney general in 2021. “Officials, teachers, and workers in our nation’s public schools” come from parents.
Prominent conservatives from X appear to have not forgotten his record in response to this clip.
Republican Rep. Byron Donald of Florida criticized Garland's record, writing, “Merrick Garland left @TheJusticeDept for the last time. His Justice Department attacked concerned parents. He attacked devout Catholics. His Justice Department was weaponized like never before. This shameful era of brazen political legislation is finally over.”
Republican communications adviser Matt Whitlock called Garland “one of the biggest disappointments in recent political history.”
He added, “Mr. Garland was hired by the Chief Justice of the D.C. Circuit Court to engage in lawless political hacking against an underground financial group that controls President Biden.'' They sent in the FBI.”
“I never thought there would be someone who would do more damage to the credibility of the Department of Justice than Eric Holder, but then Merrick Garland… “It happened,” he wrote, slamming the attorney general.
Rep. Kevin Hahn (R-Okla.) said, “Merrick Garland led the evil weaponization of the federal government against the American people. He caused irreparable damage to the facility. Good job.”
Conservative columnist Tim Young criticized Justice Department officials who praised Garland in a video of him leaving prison.
“Fire every Justice Department employee who praises Merrick Garland. If you can support him, Trump will have zero influence in this country's judicial system if he becomes president,” he said. wrote.
Federalist CEO Sean Davis also went after the applauding staff members, saying, “I have not seen anyone applauding Mr. Garland in the photo or crying over Mr. Garland's departure.'' Identify them and dismiss them.”
Joel Berry, editor-in-chief of the Babylon Bee, agreed with Davis, saying: Please empty it completely. ”
