Republicans introduce bills to
strip federal funds from schools
that teach '1619 Project'
Posted By: Ribicon, 6/14/2021 11:10:09 PM
House and Senate Republicans introduced bills on Monday that would bar federal funds from being used to teach The New York Times’ “1619 Project.” The measures are unlikely to pass the Democratic-run Congress, but the bills reflect mounting opposition to effort inform school curriculums with the newspaper series, which reframed U.S. history with a focus on slavery and racism as the defining characteristic of the American experience. “Activists in schools want to teach our kids to hate America and hate each other using discredited, Critical Race Theory curricula like the 1619 Project. Federal funds should not pay for activists to masquerade as teachers and indoctrinate our youth,”
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The measures are unlikely to pass the Democratic-run Congress, but the bills reflect mounting opposition to effort inform school curriculums with the newspaper series, which reframed U.S. history with a focus on slavery and racism as the defining characteristic of the American experience. “Activists in schools want to teach our kids to hate America and hate each other using discredited, Critical Race Theory curricula like the 1619 Project. Federal funds should not pay for activists to masquerade as teachers and indoctrinate our youth,”
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That's our GOP! With the House and the Senate and the pResidency safely under Democrat control, out come the stalwart conservative defenders of the republic with a full marching band in tow. What should have happened when they had the chance was the dissolution of President Jimmy's Department of Education, for one; then none of this would have been an issue, but that would mean taking real action rather than painting pretty pictures.