Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) falsely claimed that critical race theory teaches students that “all white people are racist” during a lie-filled speech to the mostly white evangelical Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority Conference in Duluth, Georgia, on June 18, reports The Hill.
Cruz also falsely claimed that critical race theory — which teaches America’s history of racism — is “every bit as racist as Klansmen in white sheets.”
Cruz, who has long history of bigotry against Muslims and gay people, added: “Critical race theory says America is fundamentally racist and irredeemably racist” and “Critical race theory seeks to turn us against each other.”
(Sources: The Hill, Media Matters/Facebook, HuffPost, The Nation)