Maryland Delegate Robin Grammer (R-District 6) is back to doing what he does best on Facebook: lobbing inflammatory rhetorical grenades designed to generate outrage rather than inform his constituents.
Last week, the Essex Republican and founding member of the Maryland Freedom Caucus posted a screenshot of an email invitation to educators with the caption: “The teachers union is bringing Black Lives Matter into Baltimore County Public [this media outlet spelled ‘public’ correctly] Schools to brainwash your kids.”
The reaction from Mr. Grammer’s own Facebook followers was swift – and largely unfavorable.
Robin Grammer Criticizes BCPS Voluntary Educational Event
The educational event Robin Grammer criticizes is a “Black Lives Matter @ School” symposium, a voluntary Saturday event scheduled for February 21 at Parkville High School.
The theme this year is “Dispelling the Single Story” – an exploration of how narratives shape schools and how educators can cultivate environments where every student’s humanity is “recognized, affirmed, and celebrated.”
One Facebook commenter did what Grammer apparently could not be bothered to do: share the actual event description.
The Teachers Association of Baltimore County’s Minority Affairs Committee is hosting “an event for educators, paraprofessionals, administrators, and educational leaders and community members” featuring “keynote speakers, student voices, interactive workshops, community vendors, and opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the district.”
The symposium’s goal: “Creating supportive environments where all students can learn, grow, and thrive.”
Black Lives Matter at School
Black Lives Matter at School is a nationwide educator-led initiative, distinct from the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, that began in Seattle in 2016 and has been endorsed by the National Education Association and teachers’ unions across the country. The organization focuses on inclusive curricula, racial equity in education, and the creation of supportive school environments for Black students.
Some Facebook commenters predictably conflated the two organizations, posting links to news stories about legal troubles involving BLM Global Network leadership.
It is a common confusion – sometimes genuine, sometimes deliberate – but the educator initiative and the activist organization are separate entities with different leadership, funding, and missions.
Another Robin Grammer Facebook Controversy
The comment section quickly filled with constituents pointing out the obvious: this is a voluntary event on a Saturday.
“Oh no… something optional you don’t have to go to… so scary,” wrote one Facebook commenter in a response that earned double-digit likes.
“I do recall all those days of mandatory school for my kids on Saturdays,” another added sarcastically.
Other commentators are more direct:
“It’s an optional activity on a Saturday. Don’t like it or don’t agree? Don’t go!“
One commenter captured the absurdity perfectly:
“Oh nooo the union is gonna brainwash kids at school ON A SATURDAY???“
Several Facebook commenters noted that Mr. Grammer shared only a partial screenshot of the invitation, depriving his followers of the context needed to form their own opinions.
“Or you could share the entire invitation so that we may have full context with which to make our own informed decisions,” one wrote. “Not this shady political nonsense that you’re supposed to be above doing.”
Pointed Criticism Aimed at Grammer’s January 2026 Facebook Comments
Perhaps the most pointed critique came from a self-identified Baltimore County Public Schools employee who noted that the county’s Superintendent receives a county-paid driver.
At the same time, the BCPS employee lost an entire week of pay during virtual learning days, yet Mr. Grammer is focused on a voluntary Saturday symposium on inclusive education.
“You’re barking at the wrong issue so hard it’s ridiculous,” she wrote.
Another Facebook commenter put it bluntly:
“You got invited to a symposium for the community on a weekend to learn more about how leaders can speak respectfully while keeping all members of the community in mind to make them feel welcome. And your first move was to puff your chest out, immediately misspell the word ‘Public,’ and then share it as misinformation to your audience on social media? You’re a whole delegate. Grow up, Robin. This is embarrassing behavior.”
The Maryland Freedom Caucus Strategy in 2026
Grammer’s Facebook post isn’t an isolated incident; it’s part of a deliberate, calculated political strategy – a political strategy that rarely, if ever, works in Maryland.
In January 2025, Mr. Grammer formalized his position on the hard right of the diminished Maryland Republican House caucus by becoming a founding member of the Maryland House Freedom Caucus, modeled after its federal counterpart.
The caucus has aligned itself with national MAGA politics, including signing a joint statement after Donald Trump’s New York felony convictions (all 34), describing the trial as “political persecution” in a “kangaroo court.”
Please note that none of the current Maryland Freedom Caucus members are lawyers – practicing or armchair. For state lawmakers who comprise the Freedom Caucus, culture-war content isn’t a distraction from governance – it is the strategy.
In a state where Democrats hold a supermajority (and will keep it for years), disruption and outrage become the primary tools of political influence for the far-right.
This media outlet is closely tracking the Maryland Freedom Caucus’ social media activities when they claim they’re working hard on behalf of Maryland taxpayers.
Robin Grammer’s Longtime Pattern of Targeting Maryland Educators
Mr. Grammer’s Facebook post fits a documented pattern of targeting Maryland educators and educational institutions for political benefit.
In 2023, Grammer led a public offensive against State Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury, accusing the Maryland State Department of Education of deliberately hiding data showing failing schools. The allegations triggered an Inspector General investigation, which found “no evidence to substantiate” the claims of malicious intent and that the Superintendent acted within his legal authority.
But by then, Robin Grammer had already extracted the political value from the accusation.
More tellingly, Grammer is currently a civil defendant in an active lawsuit filed by a Baltimore City teacher who alleges that he and other Freedom Caucus members conspired with Moms for Liberty and the social media account Libs of TikTok to “derail her career” over her posts regarding LGBTQ+ rights.
Grammer dismissed the lawsuit as “frivolous.”
It would not surprise this media outlet if Robin Grammer enlists QAnon extremist Dan Cox – somehow a lawyer who’s running again for Maryland governor in 2026 – to represent him and other Maryland Freedom Caucus members in this public lawsuit.
That same teacher was among those pushing back on Grammer’s post this week.
When Robin Grammer Does Actual Legislative Oversight
The irony is that Delegate Grammer has demonstrated he is capable of legitimate legislative work when he chooses to do it.
In February 2023, he exposed an illegal ticket-and-arrest quota system within the Maryland State Police by releasing leaked internal documents during a Judiciary Committee hearing.
The documents showed supervisors using a point system to evaluate troopers, with those falling below a “1,089 point” average flagged for “corrective action.” Acting Superintendent Roland Butler was forced to publicly acknowledge that the system was “inappropriate and blatantly wrong.”
That was real accountability work – document-driven, evidence-based, forcing institutional admission of wrongdoing.
Grammer’s latest Facebook post is the opposite: inflammatory rhetoric without substance, misrepresenting a voluntary professional development event as mandatory classroom indoctrination.
The Contrast Tells the Story
When Grammer has actual evidence of wrongdoing, he can be an effective state lawmaker.
But when he doesn’t have evidence, his status quo is to manufacture outrage for social media engagement.
His constituents in Dundalk, Essex, and Edgemere deserve to know the difference.
The “Hang Them High” Precedent
Grammar’s latest Facebook incident isn’t his first public controversy over racially charged posts.
In May 2019, he wrote “No deal. Hang them high and leave it for the village to see” in a Facebook group discussing Baltimore County school administrators. This comment drew immediate and widespread condemnation.
The Baltimore County NAACP and Randallstown NAACP filed an ethics complaint, calling the remarks “racist and inflammatory.”
Democratic Delegate Charles Sydnor said Grammer’s language “harkens back to a dark period in this state’s history.” Even former Gov. Larry Hogan’s spokesman, Michael Ricci, called the comment “not constructive or appropriate.”
Grammer deleted the post and claimed he wasn’t referencing lynching – a defense that satisfied virtually no one.
The Politics of “Brainwashing”
When an elected official tells parents that educators want to “brainwash” their children, that’s not governance.
No, it’s demagoguery.
The word is deliberately chosen to evoke sinister manipulation, positioning teachers as adversaries rather than partners in children’s education.
As one commenter noted:
“Black lives do matter. How is that brainwashing? I guess you’re against teaching about the atrocities of slavery, segregation, and redlining, too?”
What Mr. Grammer is actually objecting to is educators gathering voluntarily to discuss how to better serve all students. If Mr. Grammer finds that threatening, that says more about his politics than it does about the teachers’ union.
One commenter asked the question Grammer should be asking himself:
“How many of your black supporters are you trying to alienate today?”
Fact-Check: Is the Black Lives Matter at School Event Mandatory?
No – the Saturday event is not mandatory.
Here’s the reality: Robin Grammer represents a working-class district in eastern Baltimore County.
Grammer’s Baltimore constituents face real challenges: stagnant wages, environmental degradation from facilities such as the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant, and a school system in which employees go unpaid on virtual days while administrators enjoy perks.
Those are the issues a serious legislator would be addressing; instead, however, Robin Grammer offers “brainwash” – and misspells “Public” while doing it.
The commenters on Grammer’s Facebook post recognized what this is: manufactured outrage from a member of the Freedom Caucus following the national playbook.
It’s an optional Saturday symposium about inclusive education that isn’t a threat to anyone’s children.
Robin Grammer is better than this.