Republican Senator from Texas plans to stop the divisive Critical Race Theory (CRT) that is dividing the nation. While many people are focused on waging wars at the school board level to stop the training for the Democrat utopian revisionist standards for History and Civics, Ted Cruz wants to pull the plug on the mechanism that funds CRT. The Federalist wrote about Cruz’s attempt to introduce a bill for just that purpose.
Ted Cruz Puts Forth Bill To Ban Federal Funding Of Critical Race Theory Training
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a measure Thursday to prohibit federal funding of critical race theory trainings, a month after Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah., put forth the companion bill in the House.
“The federal government has no right to force a political agenda onto Americans, especially one that aims to tear down our institutions and divide us based on race,” Cruz said. “Critical Race Theory originated out of the critical race studies movement. It is a Marxist ideology that sees the world as a battle, not between the classes – as classical Marxism does – but between the races. This is inherently bigoted.”
Ted Cruz Puts Forth Bill To Ban Federal Funding Of Critical Race Theory Traininghttps://t.co/zI5TqoYnff
— The Federalist (@FDRLST) June 24, 2021
Fox News reported, noting the bill would also address workplace training:
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a bill Thursday that would ban federal funding to any recipient who teaches critical race theory during workplace training.
Congressional Republicans have ardently opposed critical race theory as a controversial doctrine that assumes systematic racism is prevalent in U.S. society.
“The federal government has no right to force a political agenda onto Americans, especially one that aims to tear down our institutions and divide us based on race,” Cruz said in a statement introducing his legislation. “Critical Race Theory originated out of the critical race studies movement.”
According to a press release from Cruz’s office:
Sen. Cruz Introduces Bill to Block Federal Funding For Critical Race Theory Training
June 24, 2021
Upon introduction of this bill, Sen. Cruz said:
“The federal government has no right to force a political agenda onto Americans, especially one that aims to tear down our institutions and divide us based on race. Critical Race Theory originated out of the critical race studies movement. It is a Marxist ideology that sees the world as a battle, not between the classes – as classical Marxism does – but between the races. This is inherently bigoted.
“On President Biden’s first day in office, he rescinded the Trump administration’s commonsense executive order ensuring no government funding goes to anti-American or racist and sexist training, like CRT, in the workplace. President Biden’s decision was unsurprising but shows the Democratic Party will stop at nothing to indoctrinate Americans. I am proud to introduce this bill to block federal funding for CRT and ensure the U.S. government doesn’t contribute to this radical ideology.”
Rep. Owens added:
“I grew up attending segregated schools in the Jim Crow South during a time when people were treated differently based on the color of their skin. Critical Race Theory preserves this way of thinking and undermines civil rights, constitutionally guaranteed equal protection before the law, and U.S. institutions at large. This is the United States of America, and no one should ever be subjected to the discrimination that our laws so clearly prohibit.”
BACKGROUND
In September 2020, President Trump signed an executive order to combat race and sex stereotyping by prohibiting federal agencies, federal contractors, and federal grant recipients from providing workplace training to their employees that use any form of blame-focused training such as race or sex scapegoating or stereotyping. On President Biden’s first day in office, he revoked President Trump’s executive order. The END CRT Act restricts executive agencies from acting against President Trump’s initial executive order.
Read the full text of the END CRT Act here.
FURTHER READING
I wrote about the strange teacher’s training in Wake County North Carolina that caused so much controversy that the Public Department of Education pulled the training series down from public view.
BUSTED: Video Shows Teacher Shaming Student In The Name Of Cultural Responsive Training- The New CRT
Kari is an ex-Community Organizer who writes about Cultural Marxism, grassroots activism, music, IndyCar racing and political campaigns. @Saorsa1776
