McAuliffe’s CRT Lie
The gubernatorial candidate denies the existence of critical race theory—but he promoted it in 2015.
Terry McAuliffe claims that critical race theory is “dog whistle” and has “never been taught in Virginia.”
But in 2015, when McAuliffe was last governor, the Virginia Department of Education instructed public schools to “embrace critical race theory” in order to “re-engineer attitudes and belief systems.”
McAuliffe has called opposition to critical race theory a “right-wing conspiracy” and slandered parents as “racist.” But his own administration, and subsequently, the Northam Administration, have extensively promoted critical race theory to all Virginia public schools.
Here is the full document that proves McAuliffe is lying:
Furthermore, in 2019, the State Superintendent sent a memo to all school districts directly promoting critical race theory, calling it “an important analytic tool” for addressing “power and privilege” in schools.
Loudoun County Public Schools is currently hosting a lesson plan on its website explicitly teaching "queer theory" and "critical race theory" to kids.
The Virginia Department of Education is currently promoting critical race theory on its website.
Loudoun County is currently promoting critical race theory as a districtwide pedagogy.