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SEN CORNYN’S UNPERSUASIVE DEFENSE OF HIS BADLY FLAWED “CIVICS” LEGISLATION,
Powerline ^ | MAY 4, 2021 | PAUL MIRENGOFF

Posted on 05/04/2021 1:26:18 PM PDT by Hojczyk

As we have explained, per Stanley Kurtz, this legislation, coupled with the new Biden rule favoring education grants that push Critical Race Theory, is a disaster for America. It will result in the large scale indoctrination of America’s students in the teachings of BLM and others who despise America and its founding.

Yesterday, the Civics Alliance convened by the National Association of Scholars issued an open letter to Sen. Cornyn and Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican House sponsor of Civics Secures Democracy. The letter appeals to them to withdraw their co-sponsorship, particularly in light of the new Biden rule.

Cornyn has rejected the appeal based on claims he presents here. The Senator maintains that the Civics Secures Democracy Act will actually prevent the Biden administration from forcing Critical Race Theory onto America’s schools.

However, as Stanley Kurtz shows, Cornyn’s response is inaccurate and fails entirely to allay the concerns about his bill expressed by the signatories of the open letter.

In other words, Biden’s education secretary does indeed have discretion to decide on which states, nonprofit organizations, higher-education institutions, etc., should win competitions for grants. And the new Biden rule creates guidance that meshes with the priority criteria already in the Civics Secures Democracy Act. The result will be that the Cornyn bill, in practice, will be used by the Biden administration in just the way Obama used Common Core —

and with the additional ability to cut off funding to states whose students are not learning the curriculum effectively imposed by the mandated national test. The massive civics grants will serve as politically irresistible carrots that will commit states to forcing ideas such as the 1619 Project and Critical Race Theory onto their school districts — even the most conservative districts in deep-dyed red states.

(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Texas; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: bloggers; commoncore; criticalracetheory; johncornyn; lizcheney; paulmirengoff; powerlineblog; rino; stanleykurtz; wyoming

1 posted on 05/04/2021 1:26:18 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Screw this strategy. Go on offense and get the impeachment going.


2 posted on 05/04/2021 1:31:01 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Hojczyk

Biden Rule? Rules are supposed to conform with statutes, not the other way around.

A more recently passed statute overrides an older statute.


3 posted on 05/04/2021 1:47:13 PM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: Hojczyk

thats basically fed.gov declaring war upon Americans


4 posted on 05/04/2021 2:28:36 PM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: HighSierra5

Impeach him? Biden is doing what the Rinos have dreamed of, finally destroying us uppity patriots!


5 posted on 05/04/2021 3:31:26 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less)
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