Before Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation banning Critical Race Theory in schools Iowa teachers were forced to attend mandatory training by the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency which categorized former President Trump’s infamous campaign slogan “Make America Great Again” as “covert white supremacy.”
According to Townhall:
Other examples of “covert white supremacy” include Columbus Day, U.S. immigration law, and a denial of white privilege.
Turning Point USA’s Benny Johnson posted the slides on Twitter, showing what he called a “rock solid, real world application of Critical Race Theory being used as a *political* weapon to target Republicans.”
“This is NOT education,” he added. “It is naked political vengeance using the state education system and our children’s educators. This training is CRT in practice.”
Teachers of Iowa are being INSTRUCTED to classify the vast majority of Iowan children as Racist & White Supremacist.
Iowa is Trump country. Trump carried 94 out of 99 Iowa counties in 2020. The Republican Governor endorsed Trump. The Iowa Senate/House is solid Republican. pic.twitter.com/t9mhy30w1I
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 22, 2021
This training was MANDATED to ALL educators and employees of the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency, one of the largest school districts in Iowa.
The training is stamped with the approval of the school district, which operates under the Iowa Department of Education. pic.twitter.com/9z9giA3k2J
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 22, 2021
Governor Reynolds slammed the training as indoctrination and said this is “exactly why I took action to ban teaching divisive concepts and critical race theory in Iowa schools. Kids need to be taught how to think and not what to think.”
