@kmele has Rufo dead to rights here. Not only that, but Rufo is also flat-out lying about the bills (or else is spectacularly ignorant about what they say). Because MANY of the bills explicitly prohibit CRT as a discipline. For instance...1/
https://twitter.com/kmele/status/1490744920872677377
@kmele Oklahoma SB 1401, aka "The Critical Race Theory Curriculum Elimination Act". Anyone found to have taught CRT in the classroom faces damages amounting to $10k per person, per incident. 2/
legiscan.com/OK/bill/SB1401…
legiscan.com/OK/bill/SB1401…
@kmele New Mexico's HB 91, an act "Prohibiting the teaching of Critical Race Theory in public schools." 3/
legiscan.com/NM/text/HB91/i…
legiscan.com/NM/text/HB91/i…
@kmele Missouri HB 952, which prohibits K-12 schools and public colleges from teaching, using, or providing for use any material related to CRT. Schools/universities that do will lose state funding. 6/
house.mo.gov/billtracking/b…
house.mo.gov/billtracking/b…
@kmele And then of course there's North Dakota's HB 1508, which became law last year. Do I really need to say more? 7/
legis.nd.gov/assembly/67-20…
legis.nd.gov/assembly/67-20…
@kmele Three points about all this:
1) These are just the live bills (and one law). I'm not counting all the bills prohibiting CRT that died or were withdrawn -- though some only died within the last few days, further underlining Rufo's claim. 8/
1) These are just the live bills (and one law). I'm not counting all the bills prohibiting CRT that died or were withdrawn -- though some only died within the last few days, further underlining Rufo's claim. 8/
@kmele 2) These are also just the bills that prohibit *instruction* about or *inclusion of* ideas associated with CRT. I'm not counting the ones that forbid teachers from endorsing or promoting CRT. There are a lot of those too, of course. 9/
@kmele 3) Well, the third point is just a meta one. It's about how little Rufo thinks of his audience. How inconsequential he rates the truth. He's a bullshiter. He lies all day, every day. He did it yesterday, he's doing it today, and he'll lie tomorrow too.
@kmele I get that a lot of people endorse Rufo's overall goals and enjoy his pugilistic style. Fine. Go ahead and hate CRT all you want. I don't care. Just don't trust him. Have enough self-respect to believe what your eyes are telling you. He's a liar.
And you know it.
And you know it.
@kmele Forgot one. To be honest there are so many that it's easy for some to slip through the cracks.
legiscan.com/MO/text/SB694/…
legiscan.com/MO/text/SB694/…
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