Christopher Rufo, the man who brought President Trump’s (and America’s) attention to the issue of the toxic critical race theory trainings happening in the government, has now exposed a new bombshell. He tweeted proof today that the CDC is defying Trump’s executive order to purge CRT trainings from the government:
BOMBSHELL: The @CDCgov is moving forward with a critical race theory training program—in violation of @POTUS' executive action.
I've obtained leaked documents that outline the CDC's plan to "examine the mechanisms of systemic racism" and address "White supremacist ideology."
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— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) September 14, 2020
The 13-week series is called "Naming, Measuring, and Addressing the Impacts of Racism on the Health and Well-Being of the Nation and the World." I have obtained the internal emails (in white) and an APHA presentation by the series instructor that follows same structure (in blue). pic.twitter.com/qxB6tRWzFc
— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) September 14, 2020
Instead of posting all his tweets with all the attachments, I’m just gonna post what he wrote on each tweet and you can click on it to see the attachments if you like:
The first three training sessions are focused on “racism, sexism, and other systems of structured inequality,” then teaching CDC employees that they must “address institutionalized racism” to “really set things right in the garden” of a racist nation.
In sessions 6 through 9, the CDC claims that “racism is a public health crisis” and that “systemic racism” leads to “police killings of unarmed Black and Brown men and women” and leads to “the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color.”
In sessions 10 and 11, the trainers will teach CDC employees that they must “target” and destroy the values of “focus on the individual,” the “myth of meritocracy,” the “myth of American exceptionalism,” and “White supremacist ideology.” This is textbook critical race theory.
The final session teaches CDC employees how to become activists. They will be encouraged to join an “Anti-Racism Collaborative with eight Collective Action Teams,” focused on “communications,” making scientific publications “anti-racist,” and influencing “policy and legislation.”
Rufo says he got a message that as of this morning the CDC is moving forward with all of this…
My whistleblower is outraged: "I thought maybe they would wisely cancel this training series. Instead we got a message this morning confirming … The pressure to participate is palpable and if you don't you will have to explain why you aren't a racist."
— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) September 14, 2020
We are in the midst of a pandemic and the CDC is prioritizing a critical race theory training program that is in direct violation of a presidential order. @CDCDirector Robert Redfield must immediately terminate this program—and focus on COVID-19, where CDC has been disastrous.
— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) September 14, 2020
Finally, I want to issue a warning to every federal department in the United States: if you violate the president's order on critical race theory, I will find you, expose you, and shut you down.
Hit me with a ⚔️ in the comments if you're behind me.
— Christopher F. Rufo (@realchrisrufo) September 14, 2020
I would imagine that Trump isn’t going to like his executive order being violated like this, and he’ll probably bring the thunder on whoever is responsible for this.
In the meantime, Josh Hawley says it’s time for Congress to fix this:
It’s time for Congress to ban federal dollars from being spent on critical race theory or any other divisive, race-based propaganda. I will fight to include a ban on any spending bill Congress passes https://t.co/HXMjJHyNxv
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) September 14, 2020
Yeah, maybe after the election if we have a red wave. But even so, I won’t hold my breath.