Eh, when it came to major issues Trump had nothing to run on in 2020 and he knew it which is why he resorted to culture wars. In 2016 he didn’t have a record so he could get away with conning blue collar/rural people with the the trusty “war on coal” slogansand playing to their fantasies of taking this country back to the 80’s when antiquated coal mines and steel mills were thriving and all kinds of other nonsense. 4 years later Trump had a record and he couldn’t run on fiscal responsibility because deficits and debt had been exploding since the first year of his Presidency where his administration cut revenue to the government on one hand and whipped out the government credit card on the other racking up 8 trillion dollars of spending in ONE term of failure. Trump (and every trash RINO in Congress) exposed that “fiscal conservatives” are about as real as a unicorn.
He couldn’t run on crisis handling, obviously lol. He preferred to play golf every chance he got and goof off on Twitter while thousands of Americans died weekly. He couldn’t run on the “war on coal” anymore because that industry was still in a death spiral and coal bankruptcies accelerated under his administration. He couldn’t run on steel mills booming because for the last 2-3 years of his Presidency his steel/aluminum tariffs did more harm than good (just like Bush) raising the costs of raw materials for all American businesses. He couldn’t run on manufacturing because that sector had been in a recession since early 2019 thanks to those same tariffs that taxed the hell out of American businesses raising their material costs through the roof. He couldn’t run on anything for farmers because their markets and supply chains had been destroyed from tariff retaliation and they were on Year 3 of taxpayer funded welfare bailouts just to keep the lights on. As a result farm bankruptcies and suicides skyrocketed under Trump. He really did a number on his own base.
He couldn’t run on healthcare because the “plan” that he was promising for the last 4 years was always imaginary and he clearly had no intention of working on it. He couldn’t run on law and order. He couldn’t run on unifying the country. He definitely couldn’t run on race relations lol. When America took a good look at this guy’s record they saw a lot of bluster with sky high deficits and Trump constantly being lazy playing on Twitter trying to sow division and blaming everything under the sun instead of being accountable for the messes he caused. In summary I think Republicans loved Trump because he made the Presidency into a reality TV show about owning the libs. As long as he entertained his audience aka supporters nothing else mattered.
While teachers aren’t required to discuss racial equity, specifically, they can still choose to include the history of race or social justice in their own classrooms. The Washington State Board of Education recently announced plans to add an ethnic studies graduation requirement.
Bethany Spinler, the principal of Bellevue Big Picture School, said she is unsure if there are required teaching standards on race.
Although teachers aren’t required to teach about race and equity in their classes, they do go through mandatory diversity training, which covers implicit bias, anti-discrimination, inclusion and cultural responsiveness. In the Bellevue School District, teachers are required to attend one full day of training every three years, according to the teachers union’s collective bargaining agreement.
Why are you afraid of these things being mentioned in the class room?
There is no organized force mandating CRT being taught.
2nd highest vote total and he still lost by a ton, to Biden of all people. That kind of says it all. If Trump had anything to run on he would have done it. He couldn’t highlight a single thing that he did to make the lives of Americans better because honestly, he didn’t. He made their lives more difficult, especially his base. The funny thing is he had Covid to cover him for all his mess and if he had just handled that crisis like an adult instead of a 12 year old he could have sailed to a second term.
No conservative on this site understands CRT. It’s why I’ve pulled back on talking about it. I am bringing a Bazooka to a water fight. It’s just unfair and not fun.
Some do… Rufo does, Ben Shapiro does, Charlie Kirk does…
Those three can effectively recite exactly what CRT (the actual theory)… however then the grift comes. They apply it to everything race related. They will claim Robin DiAngelo and Ibram Kendi are CR Theorist. They would be wrong.
They will claim that implicit bias training is a result of CRT. They would be wrong.
They will claim DEI training is CRT… they would be wrong.
When you ask anyone to quote any of the above claims… they will quickly pivot to “well it may not be CRT but its Wokism”.
And those are the knowledgeable conservatives. They don’t post here…
Also there are 130k K-12 schools in this country. I’m waiting on someone to prove that even .001% of them are teaching CRT. Teaching a 1st year law class to 2nd graders?
I understand why cons do not like the teaching of ALL of our history. It does make us, look pretty barbaric, and uncivilized…regarding indigenous people, and other POC…especially slavery.
Fast forward to today…and obviously things are much better. (still have more to do)
Teaching the entire history, the good, the bad and the ugly…in necessary, for a nation to heal from its wounds and bad acts.
Which is probably the problem with cons…they think the healing is complete.
Another misnomer, is thinking that teaching this history, equates to labeling all whites as racists. This is obviously not true…nor is it accurate.
Sure, that’s why.