Thread by @jbendery

Hilarious and absurd that Senate Republicans are celebrating passing a non-binding amendment to a non-binding resolution that bans Pre-K and K-12 schools from using federal $ to teach college-level education on structural racism. Well done, sir!

https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1425320443314151427

Thanks to Tom Cotton, our federal tax dollars* will NOT be used to teach my toddler about the concept that racism is an everyday experience for most people of color and that this has shaped America's legal and social systems.

*They already are not + this amendment has no effect.

What Cotton and other Republicans gloss over when they rail against critical race theory is that 1) they don't actually know what it is or don't want to know because it doesn't serve their political purpose and 2) it's an academic discipline not taught in K-12 public schools.

What they def don't want to talk about the idea that racism is an everyday experience for most people of color, that it has shaped the country’s legal + social systems, and that a large part of society has no interest in changing this reality because it benefits white people.

That, in a nutshell, is critical race theory.

Every Republican voted for this absurd, non-binding amendment. One Republican, Mike Rounds, did not vote.

One Democrat voted for this nonsense, too: Joe Manchin.

Here's the vote tally, for posterity, when Senate Republicans boldly passed a non-binding amendment to prevent toddlers from getting a college-level education about the role that racism has played in shaping America's legal and social systems. senate.gov/legislative/LI…

Also the irony cannot be lost in Tom Cotton saying this amendment is about "raising a generation of kids who love America."

What these Republicans are actually advocating is whitewashing American history of any legacy of racism and white supremacy.

Speaking of loving America -- eight of the same Senate Republicans who voted for this amendment also rejected American democracy on Jan. 6, when they voted to overturn the presidential election based on a lie that fueled a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Who are those eight GOP senators? Let's not forget:

Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)
John Kennedy (R-La.)
Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.)
Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)
Rick Scott (R-Fla.)
Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)
huffpost.com/entry/republic…

Another GOP senator celebrating this bold pointless victory for toddlers everywhere. Well done, sir!