NEW: Trump's message that removing CRT from schools is a "matter of national survival" puts "a target on the back of every educator" who teaches history & systemic inequalities, says the head of the African American Policy Forum's #truthbetold campaign. businessinsider.com/trump-critical…
Political consultant Jeff Roe said doesn't believe the comments encourage violence. "Republicans feel like the country is going to shit right now and that American pride is waning," he said. "Part of American exceptionalism is being taken away - it's being purposely taken away."
The cultural fight that's most meaningful in Republican politics is the question of who will keep President Joe Biden and the progressive left from "taking away the things that we hold most dear," Roe said, adding that Trump is using CRT as a way to get to that point.
"That's the core of the Republicans right now," Roe said. "We are freaked out how fast it feels like our country is sliding and we blame Biden and Schumer and Pelosi."
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