{"id":573063,"date":"2021-06-24T15:22:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T19:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=573063"},"modified":"2021-06-24T15:22:08","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T19:22:08","slug":"rashida-tlaib-opposition-to-crt-rooted-in-racism-dog-whistle-for-racists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rashida-tlaib-opposition-to-crt-rooted-in-racism-dog-whistle-for-racists\/","title":{"rendered":"Rashida Tlaib: Opposition To CRT \u2018Rooted In Racism,\u2019 \u2018Dog Whistle For Racists\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frashida-tlaib-opposition-to-crt-rooted-in-racism-dog-whistle-for-racists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=573063&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rashida-Tlaib-2.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) alleged that opposition to critical race theory is itself \u201crooted in racism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Referring to comments from General Mark Milley \u2014 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff \u2014 the lawmaker tweeted that \u201copposition to critical race theory is obviously rooted in racism and has just become the newest dog whistle for racists.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.303664921466\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Opposition to critical race theory is obviously rooted in racism and has just become the newest dog whistle for racists. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K18vi67D7N\">https:\/\/t.co\/K18vi67D7N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RashidaTlaib\/status\/1408078769135489028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Milley \u2014 who, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is the highest-ranking officer in the military and an adviser to President Biden \u2014 made <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/highest-ranking-u-s-military-official-defends-teaching-crt\"><span>waves<\/span><\/a><span> on Wednesday as he testified before the House Armed Services Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut I do think it\u2019s important actually for those of us in uniform to be open-minded and be widely read,\u201d said the general, \u201cand the United States Military Academy is a university and it is important that we train and we understand, and I want to understand white rage, and I\u2019m white.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Referring to January 6: \u201cWhat is it that caused thousands of people to assault this building and try to overturn the Constitution of the United States of America? What caused that? I want to find that out. I want to maintain an open mind here and do want to analyze it. It\u2019s important that we understand that because our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and guardians, they come from the American people. So it is important that the leaders, now and in the future, do understand it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ve read Mao Tse-Tung; I\u2019ve read Karl Marx; I\u2019ve read Lenin,\u201d the general continued. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t make me a communist. So what is wrong with understanding, having some situational understanding about the country for which we are here to defend?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Conservatives slammed Tlaib on social media over what they saw to be a shallow perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.8181818181818\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big &#8220;everyone who disagrees with me is a racist&#8221; energy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LdcUJGk19L\">https:\/\/t.co\/LdcUJGk19L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Young Conservatives of Texas (@yct) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yct\/status\/1408109852157689866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.2597402597403\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">lol perfect <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t5WYyBYrE7\">https:\/\/t.co\/t5WYyBYrE7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guypbenson\/status\/1408113149883072519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.568181818182\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is such a tiresome fallacy. It&#8217;s a claim that if you oppose indoctrinating children in critical race theory \/ racial essentialism \/ the flawed 1619 Project lens of viewing America, then you&#8217;re a racist. This from Rashida Tlaib is simultaneously boring, lazy, and calumnious. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/00VKCMPPID\">https:\/\/t.co\/00VKCMPPID<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1408112269519736839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Tlaib\u2019s remarks come as left-leaning media outlets deploy various rhetorical <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/here-are-5-ways-the-media-is-trying-to-mislead-you-on-critical-race-theory\"><span>tactics<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 such as claiming that critical race theory does not exist, resides only in law schools, and is necessary for teaching students about the evils of slavery and racism \u2014 in response to a grassroots <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/like-daniel-in-the-lions-den-4-teachers-who-stood-up-refused-to-teach-wokeness-in-the-classroom\"><span>movement<\/span><\/a><span> against the ideology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) alleged that opposition to critical race theory is itself \u201crooted in racism.\u201dReferring to comments from General Mark Milley \u2014 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281250,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rashida-Tlaib-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Rashida Tlaib: Opposition To CRT \u2018Rooted In Racism,\u2019 \u2018Dog Whistle For Racists\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Rashida-Tlaib-2.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Rashida Tlaib: Opposition To CRT \u2018Rooted In Racism,\u2019 \u2018Dog Whistle For Racists\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}