The Washington Post published an opinion article on Tuesday titled “Democrats Are Lying About Critical Race Theory,” an arguably unexpected headline from the far-left publication.
Writer Marc Thiessen criticized Democrats for “gaslighting American parents” about Critical Race Theory following Republican Glenn Youngkin’s win in the Virginia governor election. Thiessen writes a “twice-weekly column for The Post on foreign and domestic policy,” is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and worked as a chief speechwriter for former President George W. Bush.
“It has become a refrain on the left and its media echo-chamber following Republican Glenn Youngkin’s victory in the Virginia governor’s race: Critical race theory is not being taught in schools,” Thiessen wrote, before noting several instances of corporate media falsely denying that the theory is being taught in schools. “…This is demonstrably false.”
Youngkin positioned himself as an enemy to the woke indoctrination of K-12 students, whereas Democrat Terry McAuliffe teamed up with far-leftists in the Democrat Party and even said parents should not tell schools what to teach their children.
Critical Race Theory being taught in schools was a top issue among Virginia voters, with 25 percent of 2,500 voters viewing the CRT debate as the single most important factor when deciding who to support for governor, a Fox News Voter Analysis survey found. During election and post-election coverage, corporate media personalities largely waffled between pretending CRT is not “real” and swinging in the opposite direction, conflating it with “America’s history” and advocating for its widespread teaching in schools.