Christopher F. Rufo

Christopher F. Rufo

McAuliffe’s CRT Lie

The gubernatorial candidate denies the existence of critical race theory—but he promoted it in 2015.

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Christopher F. Rufo
Oct 13, 2021
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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 t…

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