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Glenn Youngkin stated on July 09, 2021 in a speech.:

“We actually have this critical race theory moved into all our schools in Virginia.”

By Warren Fiske• August 10, 2021

Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."

By Tom Kertscher• October 19, 2021

Winsome Earle-Sears stated on January 17, 2022 in a TV interview:

“The Loudoun County School Board spent about $300,000 (last year) … to bring CRT in some form or fashion to the school system.”

By Warren Fiske• January 24, 2022

Ron DeSantis stated on August 04, 2023 in a town hall:

“We’ve eliminated critical race theory in our K through 12 schools.”

By Samantha Putterman• August 14, 2023

Marsha Blackburn stated on March 22, 2022 in an interview:

Ketanji Brown Jackson "gave a lecture talking about critical race theory as one of the components to consider when you are making decisions on the bench."

By Tom Kertscher• March 22, 2022

Rick Scott stated on November 08, 2021 in in a CNN interview:

"In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”

By Gabrielle Settles• November 16, 2021

Rebecca Kleefisch stated on October 23, 2021 in Campaign email:

The Biden Department of Justice “would use the FBI to target parents who speak out against critical race theory.”

By Madeline Heim• November 9, 2021

Ron DeSantis stated on June 30, 2022 in a press release:

The Civics Secures Democracy Act “would allow the Biden administration to buy off states with $6 billion” if they adopt critical race theory.

By Yacob Reyes• July 8, 2022

Instagram posts stated on November 03, 2021 in an Instagram post:

"Arizona Department of Education gives green light on face mask and vaccine mandates, as well as implementing Critical (Race) Theory.”

By Jeff Cercone• November 10, 2021

Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on February 01, 2023 in a House committee hearing:

Illinois “received $5.1 billion at an elementary school there that used it for equity and diversity.”

By Jeff Cercone, Amy Sherman• February 3, 2023

Iowa House Democrats stated on February 10, 2022 in a tweet:

"According to Republican Rep. Jeff Shipley, teachers should not receive a pay raise if they teach American history that Republicans don’t agree with."

By Meg Doster• March 2, 2022

School Freedom Fund stated on April 02, 2022 in a television ad:

Former Gov. Pat McCrory appointed liberals to the North Carolina Textbook Commission, which “mandated textbooks” pushing critical race theory.

By Paul Specht• April 26, 2022

Rick Scott stated on October 05, 2021 in a tweet:

"Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory."

By Jon Greenberg• October 11, 2021

Kamala Harris stated on July 21, 2023 in in a speech in Jacksonville, Florida:

"Some states have “tried to ban teaching Latino and Hispanic history.”

By Marta Campabadal Graus• August 7, 2023

Glenn Youngkin stated on October 06, 2021 in a TV interview.:

“Terry (McAuliffe) calls in his friend Joe Biden to actually put the DOJ on Virginia parents.”

By Warren Fiske• October 12, 2021

Viral image stated on July 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

The New York Times reported on a conservative activist’s “superdiarrhea.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• July 22, 2022

TikTok posts stated on August 26, 2021 in a TikTok video:

"Verizon promotes defunding the police and (the) idea that America is fundamentally racist."

By Tom Kertscher• September 27, 2021

Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee stated on December 04, 2022 in a tweet.:

“The Virginia GOP education agenda (would) erase slavery from VA history.”

By Warren Fiske• December 14, 2022

Kat Cammack stated on March 02, 2023 in a speech at CPAC:

The Justice Department has been “calling parents that are concerned about what their kids are being taught, they are labeling them terrorists.”

By Madison Czopek, Amy Sherman• March 2, 2023

Sawyer Hackett stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet:

Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”

By Nusaiba Mizan• February 14, 2023

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