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Tom Cotton To Introduce Legislation To Stop Military Officers From Teaching Critical Race Theory
Breitbart ^ | 7-17-2021 | Wendell Husebø

Posted on 07/17/2021 4:55:09 PM PDT by blam

LINCOLN, New Hampshire — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) announced Friday at the North County Republican Dinner in New Hampshire that he will introduce legislation to stop military officers from teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT).

“I’m about to demand all these generals and admirals that want another promotion to commit that they are not going to be teaching anything like this [CRT] in their commands,” Cotton announced to a loud applause. He went on:

CTR is the anti-American idea that the most important thing about you is your skin color; that some people are inherently privileged and oppressive because of the color of their skin. That first and foremost you should not be an individual, but rather a representative of people with the same skin color.

“All of these are diametrically opposed to the American founding,” Cotton continued. “They are opposed to what Dr. Martin Luther King said in his Dream Speech, ‘that we should be judged on the content of our character and not the color of our skin.'” He added:

These radicals today who want to repudiate the American founding… are trying to indoctrinate our kids, are trying to … your fellow workers. If you speak out, you might be ostracized. You might lose your job. Your business might be boycotted. You might lose your spot in school — all because you stood for the same thing that Dr. Martin Luther King stood for.”

“It is an outrage and has to be fought,” Cotton boldly stated.

Breitbart News reported Wednesday Cotton introduced legislation to prohibit federal funds from being distributed to K-12 schools that endorse CRT and to colleges and universities that compel faculty and students to adopt the Marxist ideology’s tenets.

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1 posted on 07/17/2021 4:55:09 PM PDT by blam
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To: blam
I'm beginning to suspect, our Congress is neutered.

I've been reading about and listening to what seems to be good, strong and patriotic legislators both Senate and The House .... since the Clintons ( when I first REALLY started paying attention ). . . . and that was almost 30 YEARS AGO ... and nothing .... NOTHING has ever happened to any enemy of America.


I'm a weakened 73 year old and I used to think I'd see a day when America would return.

Not so sure these days

2 posted on 07/17/2021 5:01:10 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true !)
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To: blam
Well, this bill will never see the light of day. It just reminds me of how Republicans will make noise when they are in the minority and won't do jack $hit when they are in the majority.
3 posted on 07/17/2021 5:01:40 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: blam

Cotton has awakened from his slumber?


4 posted on 07/17/2021 5:02:06 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: Paladin2

Great! Another law! That’ll fix it.


5 posted on 07/17/2021 5:04:08 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: blam

Unit cohesion and CRT cannot coexist in the same space.


6 posted on 07/17/2021 5:05:32 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (I miss out mean tweeting, man spreading, room owning President…)
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To: knarf; All
I'm beginning to suspect, our Congress is neutered.

I've been reading about and listening to what seems to be good, strong and patriotic legislators both Senate and The House .... since the Clintons ( when I first REALLY started paying attention ). . . . and that was almost 30 YEARS AGO ... and nothing .... NOTHING has ever happened to any enemy of America.

It has been neutered for at least 50 years!

Now, when people are finally waking up, you act as if nothing can be done.

People started waking up about 1990, but it was a fairly small group. It has gotten bigger and bigger each year.

It got big enough in 2016, to elect Donald Trump.

It is over half the country now, which is why the Left has to engage in outright censorship and election misconduct and fraud to stay in power.

Now is the time to fight the hardest!.

7 posted on 07/17/2021 5:07:45 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: blam

Repub introduces bill he knows will never pass with a dem majority.

Happens a lot. More often than when they have the majority.


8 posted on 07/17/2021 5:10:28 PM PDT by Pollard
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To: ConservativeInPA

ANY republicans NOT in favor and NOT supporting this legislation should be voted OUT.
We NEED ACTION, not a bunch of bought off or blackmailed pantywaists!


9 posted on 07/17/2021 5:14:24 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: ConservativeInPA

Nailed it.


10 posted on 07/17/2021 5:23:20 PM PDT by Irenic ( )
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To: doc maverick

Supporting legislation that will not pass the Dem-controlled congress is going to help...how, exactly?


11 posted on 07/17/2021 5:23:39 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: bigbob

Supporting legislation that will not pass the Dem-controlled congress is going to help...how, exactly?
/\

Well,
If nothing else, it’s a shot across the bow.


12 posted on 07/17/2021 5:41:20 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: blam

Obviously they didn’t get the memo - Demo only obey (enforce) laws that they agree with.

Pass all the laws they want to, CRT will still be the subject DeJure in every class.


13 posted on 07/17/2021 5:41:27 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: blam

Gosh, this is exciting news.

Wonder what hell tackle next? /s


14 posted on 07/17/2021 5:57:08 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: knarf

Hang in there knarf. I think the rats are all going down and there is nothing to stop it! We just have to vote everyone out on our side as well to fix this crap!


15 posted on 07/17/2021 6:28:43 PM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (Democrats are lawless because Republicans are ball-less!)
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To: marktwain
January 6th was staged to indicate the American PEOPLE could also be neutered.

The psychological effect on the population has frozen us into a standstill, hoping Trump will come back on a white horse.

The American people have been Goebbelled into disbelieving next week, the Arizona count, Sometime in August, Monday, etc.


I'VE hoped for returning military warriors to stand up and lead us into a real battle, but recent reports seem to indicate ... they too have no direction after their military service.


The BEST tactic I see is commandeering the public schools and destroying the "system" that so easily besets us.

16 posted on 07/17/2021 6:30:39 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true !)
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To: blam

He should include civilian contract employees to the prohibition. They are far more likely than officers to be ‘teaching’ such tripe.


17 posted on 07/17/2021 6:31:03 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Do kids in Iceland still play "The Floor Is Lava?")
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

I thought we did that in 2020


18 posted on 07/17/2021 6:31:10 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true !)
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To: ConservativeInPA

When they had the majority in both houses and President Trump in the White House they refused to fund the wall and enforcement.
They failed to repeal Obamacare.
They failed at everything except a tax cut.


19 posted on 07/17/2021 6:31:30 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

They only got half the tax cut permanently. The tax cut on personal income expires in 2025. China Mitch did deliver the corporate tax cut for his donors. I suppose that doesn’t matter now, though.


20 posted on 07/17/2021 6:37:34 PM PDT by lodi90
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