Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri is joining in on the GOP dog pile against their latest bogeyman—Critical Race Theory (CRT).
Hawley stated he will introduce legislation that will ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory in schools—something that already isn't happening at the K-12 level because CRT is an advanced concept usually taught as an elective to graduate students especially in law school.
The bill will also require schools to teach students about the founding documents of the United States, the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence, which are almost certainly already part of their curricula.
Hawley tweeted, bragging about his upcoming legislation.
"The Left wants to teach our kids that America is systemically racist. That's false and it's meant to divide. It's time to replace lies with the truth!"
The Left wants to teach our kids that America is systemically racist. That\u2019s false and it\u2019s meant to divide. It\u2019s time to replace lies with the truth! America is a great nation of good people - and our kids should be proud of that. That\u2019s why I\u2019m introducing the Love America Act— Josh Hawley (@Josh Hawley) 1627003219
It will require schools that get federal tax dollars to teach kids the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution & Bill of Rights, and the Pledge. These texts affirm the truths that unite us, and make us a great people.— Josh Hawley (@Josh Hawley) 1627003219
No more critical race theory. No more hate. Let\u2019s teach our kids what unites us as Americans - what we love together. Let\u2019s teach them the truth— Josh Hawley (@Josh Hawley) 1627003219
People were much less enthusiastically supportive about Hawley's proposed legislation than he was probably expecting.
Twitter users quickly picked apart his idea to perpetuate the White nationalist misinformation most public school curricula already centered on for over a century.
No teacher or the so called left as your McCarthyite tweet puts it does that. In fact a hate monger like you whose politics is race baiting should not be talking about American history. A seditionist border ruffian from Missouri who incites treason to the American republic.— Manisha Sinha (@Manisha Sinha) 1627047124
This is how Josh Hawley "loves America".\n#freshvoicesrise #demvoice1 #ONEV1pic.twitter.com/LcYuug944K— NastyNanciResists NEVER FORGET Jan 6 Insurrection (@NastyNanciResists NEVER FORGET Jan 6 Insurrection) 1627255003
In his world, no children will be allowed to read anything but "Dick and Jane," in which middle-class white children play on perfect green lawns in a suburb.— Cassandra Silvestra (@Cassandra Silvestra) 1627047717
i'll just add that Trump was impeached for inciting insurrection and a majority of the senate voted to convict him and none of the senators who voted to acquit is credible or put forward a coherent or compelling argument as to what motivated them to let trump walk for his treason— Luke Zaleski (@Luke Zaleski) 1627154310
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GOP: Indoctrinating school kids with CRT is bad!\n\nHawley: State indoctrination of school kids with jingoism is good!https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-hawley-introduces-love-america-act.amp\u00a0\u2026— Jeffrey Vagle (@Jeffrey Vagle) 1627339741
Jfc. I know you went to some rich kid school, but public schools have and always will teach kids the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and all that as well as the Emancipation Proclamation, Brown v Board of Ed and Civil Rights ( you skipped these).— Randy Alberhasky (@Randy Alberhasky) 1627004381
To love America is to understand her flaws. And how dare you or anyone in government tell me or anyone else what it means to love America.— Mary Quite Contrary (@Mary Quite Contrary) 1627092848
A phenomenal conversation with my friend @harveyjkaye on why we should be embracing our radical history before dweebs like Josh Hawley maliciously co-opt it. @kcmorningshow \n\nHere\u2019s a pic of Harvey and I reacting to Hawley\u2019s \u201cLove America Act\u201d https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-kc-morning-show/id1487871456#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.adorilabs.com%2Faudiotracks%2Fv1%2F9625-IQfMnGYLRdCrjvtJ-4c30b328-f5cf-4a2e-bd4c-f895e4facd6f-14.mp3\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/eEVuhSIEsM— Hartzell (@Hartzell) 1627405213
Hawley's Love America Act would require children to memorize and recite portions of the country's founding documents, which is already a common part of many K-12 schools' curricula today.
In a statement, Hawley said:
"We cannot afford for our children to lose faith in the noble ideals this country was founded on."
"We have to make sure that our children understand what makes this country great, the ideals of hope and promise our Founding Fathers fought for, and the love of country that unites us all."
Hawley was one of the 147 GOP members who refused to certify the 2020 election.
He also later voted against establishing a bipartisan committee to investigate the January 6 Capitol riot turned insurrection.