Thread by @insomnochick

First, it was "You don't understand SBE process/facts. BOE already voted for it." Implying, repeatedly that Truitt lacked the power to stop it.

A week of bad press later, the story is that we misrepresented her intention to sign it, she never did, etc...1/

https://twitter.com/APDillon_/status/1481310174669332494

When an elected official who not only can, but should SPEAK UP before, during, and even after a vote *doesn't,* her constituents (and the unbiased media) have no choice but to think "actions speak louder than words." 2/

@CTruittNCDPI was alerted to the CRT materials created by the company whose contract was up for renewal, and was asked specifically if she planned to oppose the renewal. We have the email alerting her, and her snarky reply, mocking the suggestion there was cause for concern.3/

When the issue came up for discussion and a vote, she sat SILENTLY. This after indicating she would seek to delay the vote at least, to spend more time looking into the issue. She did no such thing, nor did she raise any alarms.4/

Only after a week of bad press, phone calls, letters, etc...did she claim she was never going to sign it (something to do with it not being written correctly, no mention of content, or the company's ethos). 5/

It sure is odd how she suddenly found the power to do something about the contract, but I still have questions:
1. Why didn't she notice the irregularities before the vote, and advise the BOE accordingly? Is she incompetent? Is her staff?6/

2. Why give the company that wrote such an irregular contract a chance to redo it with "guardrails?" If they could produce content with words like "Whiteness" and suggest "centering students of color," why would the state of NC want to do business with them AT ALL?7/

3. Moreover, why is Truitt not even mentioning that content, or admitting they produced it? Does she STILL stand by her claim that it's a "stretch" to go from "culturally responsive education" and "critical race theory?" It's not, at all, and we can prove it. 8/

4. Is anyone in Raleigh going to hold @CTruittNCDPI accountable to explain why she needed a week of lousy press to find the irregularities in the contract, or notice whatever issue it was that caused her to say she wasn't going to sign off, despite the BOE vote? 9/

5. Is anyone in Raleigh Ed Journalism (other than @SloanRachmuth and me) going to ask her why she sat silently during the vote? Why did one of these journalists contact @lukerosiak to inform him the BOE had already voted, implying there was nothing she could do about it?10/

So many questions, so few answers, so much room for inference here. What do I infer from all this?
- She never did plan to oppose it in any way/always planned to sign it
- She doesn't understand critical theory AT ALL, even though it's literally everywhere in K12 11/

- She's more interested in distancing herself from people the mainstream media and federal gov't call "domestic terrorists," than in being a principled public servant (never mind guardian of K12 education in NC) 12/

- She thinks (knows) the @NCGOP will cover for someone wearing their jersey before they'll stand on principle and hold her accountable for standing by positions they claim to hold as a party.

These are just *inferences* mind you. She's free to clear the record ANY TIME. /END