Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, we reminded you that Democrats, including vulnerable Senator Maggie Hassan, voted in August to protect funding for Critical Race Theory (CRT) in schools.
This is of particular concern in New Hampshire where tenets of CRT have already made their way into curriculums and school administrations.
NH Journal
By: Michael Graham
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“In August of 2021, Democrats had the chance to join Republicans and vote for an amendment that would ‘prevent federal funds from being used to promote Critical Race Theory in prekindergarten, elementary, and secondary schools, and they all voted against it.”
The vote occurred during the so-called “vote-a-rama” as part of the budget reconciliation process allowing Democrats to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending plan without any negotiations across the aisle or any votes from the GOP.
New Hampshire Sens. Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen joined their fellow Democrats in voting down the CRT ban.
“Liberals have tried their best to say the controversy is fake, made up, a conspiracy theory, contrary to reality,” the NRSC said.
That’s certainly been the case in New Hampshire, where progressive state Rep. David Meuse (D-Portsmouth) attacked NHJournal for a news report on CRT-based content in classrooms from Manchester to Laconia to Litchfield.
“The partisan hackery of @NewHampJournal needs to be called out,” Meuse tweeted. “It’s a GOP propaganda machine—not a legitimate news source. What should be called out is veiled racism of those who think teaching kids about racism has no place in NH schools.”
New Hampshire Democratic Party chairman Ray Buckley retweeted the attack.
(The news article in question, which includes links to CRT-based classroom materials and actual images of handouts for elementary school students, can be found here.)
The use of CRT-based content is not in dispute among serious education scholars or mainstream media outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post.
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