After NBC and the rest of the leftist media blatantly lied about Critical Race Theory “not being taught” in Virginia schools ahead of Tuesday’s gubernatorial race, on Wednesday’s Today show, White House correspondent Kristen Welker hypocritically admitted that failed Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe probably shouldn’t have dismissed the issue.
Referring to the topic of education, co-host Savannah Guthrie observed: “We just saw how that was a key issue in the Virginia’s governor’s race and it did not go well for the Democrats.” Welker acknowledged: “It didn’t. And taking it a step further, Savannah, it seems like the Democrats lost the culture wars in this election cycle, right?”
The reporter then suggested it was a mistake for Democrats to “ignore” the hotly-contested issue of CRT:
Virginia’s new Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin seized on a range of issues that seemed to motivate parents, particularly in those all-important suburbs which Mr. Trump lost. Issues from the controversy over mask mandates, what kids are taught in school, like Critical Race Theory. Democrats, Terry McAuliffe in particular, tried to downplay those issues, to some extent, ignore them all together, to say that they weren’t relevant. And the lesson is they may need to find a way to talk about them ahead of the midterms.
That’s particularly ironic coming from her, since it was just 24 hours earlier that Welker falsely claimed the whole CRT debate was basically made up. “It is not taught in any Virginia high school,” she asserted on Tuesday’s Today show.
In fact, just moments before Welker’s analysis on Wednesday, fellow correspondent Garrett Haake once again repeated the lie: “Youngkin cut into McAuliffe’s margins in Democratic strongholds, winning back suburban voters who Trump lost in 2020 by focusing on education, including the controversial Critical Race Theory, which highlights the role of racism in U.S. history but isn’t actually taught in Virginia.”
There’s been a myriad of evidence showing Critical Race Theory being taught in Virginia schools. As Fox News reported, one of the most obvious examples was the fact that the Virginia Department of Education recommends teachers incorporate a book into their curriculum that literally tells them to “embrace Critical Race Theory.”
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Here are excerpts of the coverage from NBC’s November 3 Today show:
7:04 AM ET
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GARRETT HAAKE: Youngkin cut into McAuliffe’s margins in Democratic strongholds, winning back suburban voters who Trump lost in 2020 by focusing on education, including the controversial Critical Race Theory, which highlights the role of racism in U.S. history but isn’t actually taught in Virginia.
GOVERNOR-ELECT GLENN YOUNGKIN [R-VA]: We are going to reestablish excellence in our schools. We’re going to embrace our parents, not ignore them.
HAAKE: In what may have been the race’s turning point, Youngkin seized on this controversial comment by McAuliffe in a debate.
TERRY MCAULIFFE: I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.
HAAKE: McAuliffe said the comment was taken out of context.
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7:08 AM ET
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: The economy, no question, but also education. We just saw how that was a key issue in the Virginia’s governor’s race and it did not go well for the Democrats.
KRISTEN WELKER: It didn’t. And taking it a step further, Savannah, it seems like the Democrats lost the culture wars in this election cycle, right? Virginia’s new Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin seized on a range of issues that seemed to motivate parents, particularly in those all-important suburbs which Mr. Trump lost. Issues from the controversy over mask mandates, what kids are taught in school, like Critical Race Theory. Democrats, Terry McAuliffe in particular, tried to downplay those issues, to some extent, ignore them all together, to say that they weren’t relevant. And the lesson is they may need to find a way to talk about them ahead of the midterms.
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