Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott went on CNN’s New Day on Monday to discuss the recent Virginia gubernatorial election and Critical Race Theory(CRT) in schools.
Host Brianna Keilar like many other liberals went on a denial mode over CRT being taught in public schools in Virginia and across the country despite Sen. Scott sharing specific examples.
The debate began with host Brianna Keilar suggesting that Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin’s strategy in the Virginia race was to “ignore [former president] Donald Trump] and asked Sen. Scott if this would be Republicans’ strategy for 2022 midterms and other elections.
“The Virginia governor’s race, is that the GOP playbook for the midterms, basically ignoring Donald Trump?” Keilar claimed and asked.
“I think what Democrats will continue to do is talk about Donald Trump and Republicans will continue to talk about issues. Glenn Youngkin won his race because he talked about issues and I think that’s what’s going to happen. We’re going to see just like in Virginia Terry McAuliffe wanted to say there’s nothing about Critical Race Theory. We know it’s true. Parents know their kids are being indoctrinated with Critical Race Theory in Virginia and Democrats wanted to deny it. And so parents showed up because they don’t like being lied to.” Scott responded
Keilar immediately started to spread false claims that CRT is not taught in Virginia which lead Scott to cite specific evidence from Virginia’s Department of Education website that shows CRT has been part of public schools and cited examples of the syllabus to fact check the CNN host’s claims.
“I think parents are smart. My parents didn’t have much of a formal education, but they cared about what I learned. Parents are smart. They know that the Virginia Department of Education promoted critical race theory and Terry McAuliffe said they didn’t. I hope Democrats keep doing that all across the country,” he said.
The website that Sen. Scott refers here includes lists with titles like “Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education” that “acts to further spur developments in education policy, critical pedagogy, and social justice, making it a crucial resource for students and educators alike,”
But just like many liberals and radical democrats, CNN continues to deny the existence of CRT in public schools despite ample evidence.
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