Donald Trump weighed in on the so-called "critical race theory" controversy that's roiling local school boards with an op-ed denouncing the topic as "depraved."
The twice-impeached one-term president complained bitterly that President Joe Biden had, on Day One, abolished the "1776 Commission" the Trump administration hastily assembled to promote "patriotic" historical virtues to counter the "1619 Project," a New York Times initiative that placed slaves and Black Americans closer to the center of the nation's story.
"As a candidate, Joe Biden's number one promise was to 'unite' America," Trump wrote in an op-ed published by Real Clear Politics. "Yet in his first months as president, his number one priority has been to divide our country by race and gender at every turn."
"There is no clearer example than the Biden administration's new effort aimed at indoctrinating America's schoolchildren with some of the most toxic and anti-American theories ever conceived," the ex-president added.
The op-ed didn't go over well, although many critics suspected Trump may have written the piece himself.
OK I just woke up and turned on @NewDay and the chyron reads \u201cTrump pens Op-Ed\u201d and I think I\u2019m still buzzed from last night @brikeilarcnn @JohnBerman— TWalsh (@TWalsh) 1624018594
Totally capable of this.pic.twitter.com/ErGwWTjoc4— Corey Doiron (@Corey Doiron) 1624018761
Hahaha. His op-Ed in the Delusional Elementary School Newsletter, no doubt.— nancy merritt (@nancy merritt) 1624018171
Who wrote it for him?— "International Strategery" (Ret.) (@"International Strategery" (Ret.)) 1624018715
\u201cEducation schools\u201d?pic.twitter.com/vhEKaXuLpN— JP (@JP) 1624019035
This is too much for them to comprehend— kush bai (@kush bai) 1624018108
The only worthwhile question thar arises from this is if Stephen Miller wrote it or if Martin Dugard is now giving him and O'Reilly a group discount.— Aaron Klueber (@Aaron Klueber) 1624018609
Stephen Miller rides again— Ethel Roberts (@Ethel Roberts) 1624017827
Clearly not written by Donald Trump, as it uses complete sentences and words with more than two syllables.https://twitter.com/allahpundit/status/1405852896185524225\u00a0\u2026— \ud83e\udd95Greg A\ud83e\udd96 (@\ud83e\udd95Greg A\ud83e\udd96) 1624019010
Me, yesterday: Republicans like Trump keep invoking MLK\u2019s line about the \u201ccontent of their character\u201d in their attacks on critical race theory, misrepresenting MLK & CRT alike\n\nTrump, today:pic.twitter.com/9L3LVmXrom— Kevin M. Kruse (@Kevin M. Kruse) 1624016906
lol how embarrassing for RCP that they printed this (and also referred to him as the 46th President).https://twitter.com/allahpundit/status/1405852896185524225\u00a0\u2026— Ben Yelin (@Ben Yelin) 1624016482
Your dad thinks Frederick Douglass is still alive.— DrSwalsh\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2696\ufe0f\ud83c\udf7a\u26f3 (@DrSwalsh\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u2696\ufe0f\ud83c\udf7a\u26f3) 1624019469
