VA Democrats Compare Youngkin Critical Race Theory Ban to ‘Third Reich Brainwashing Experiment’
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Virginia Democrats compared Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s critical race theory ban to Nazi indoctrination and “brainwashing.”
On the first day in office in January, Youngkin signed an executive order banning critical race theory in Virginia K-12 public schools, calling it an “inherently divisive [concept].”
In a statement, Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus communications director Jacqueline Woodbridge said, “With Governor Youngkin’s Department of Education issuing an interim report regarding ‘inherently divisive concepts’ in Virginia’s schools and VDOE resources, the Governor has begun a trend of institutional inertia that we’ve seen before.”
“For example, the Third Reich in Germany indoctrinated students as young as 5 years old in a brainwashing experiment to institutionalize the notion of a superior race and inferior races. Hitler believed the purpose of state education was to burn into the hearts of students the importance of race,” she added. “He removed all instruction on religion, and any curriculum had to be approved by the Nazi Party–entirely removing materials that included topics on racial equity.”
Ahead of the 2021 election campaign, parents throughout Virginia showed up at school board meetings, blasting schools for teaching critical race theory and other controversial curricula in addition to enacting coronavirus mandates such as requiring students to wear masks.
