White House Tries to Claim CRT Isn’t Being Taught in Schools

The White House joined the liberal chorus charging critical race theory is not being taught in schools and is only invoked to stoke fear among white parents, a claim belied by ever-increasing reams of evidence.

After Virginia Republicans claimed victories in the governor’s race and two other statewide races Tuesday with campaign platforms highly critical of public school curricula and critical race theory, the issue made its way to the White House briefing room.

“We need to be honest here about what’s going on,” said deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday. “Republicans are lying. They are not being honest. They are not being truthful about where we stand. And they’re cynically trying to use our kids as a political football.” . . .

“Clearly, the Biden administration hasn’t learned that calling parents liars is not a winning strategy,” said Ian Prior, executive director of Fight for Schools, a political action committee that backed Youngkin’s campaign.

In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Jonathan Butcher, senior fellow in education at the Heritage Foundation, said Jean-Pierre’s claim was “nonsense,” pointing to numerous examples of school districts using the term “critical race theory” repeatedly in reference to K-12 instruction. (Read more from “White House Tries to Claim CRT Isn’t Being Taught in Schools” HERE)

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