while. sandra: great point about offering an alternative. i know, lawrence, that is something i m hearing republicans talk about, as well. we can t just slam this theory, what are we going to encourage as far as curriculum in the nation s schools. senator mike lee takes issue with covid cash and theories in schools. it is covid cash. it is government money being put toward controversial programs. here is senator lee. listen. the federal government should have very little role in primary and secondary education. k-12 schools are creatures of states and local governments, not the federal government. which certainly shouldn t be step nothing with critical race theory. we should be celebrating diversity, critical race theory doesn t celebrate diversity, it weaponizes it. that is bad for america and it doesn t help heal the wounds that need to be healed. sandra: as this is happening, lawrence, we can put up this map. these are states that have
grassroots and by the way, i think half of liberal democrats don t want the kids are educated in this often. this is a fight is going to be tough, is going to be intense but i think ultimately parents will as they should win. note, the federal him and has no role in ordering curriculum in the nation s schools, that s what they do in the soviet union with russia, china, but that s not what we do here. dana: let s quote joy reid. she set a reminder of the earlier persons of these anti-steaks crt parents also children as water and pulse full-screen cries of communism to force ultraconservative, white supremacist version of america. hashtag on cancel history. it reminds me of randi weingarten in her speech who said she wants to defend people who will teach honest history. bill? yeah, no. honestly she would be great but crt is not honest history.
look, we should be celebrating diversity, critical race theory doesn t celebrate diversity, at weaponize is that and that s bad for america. it doesn t help heal the wounds that need to be healed. dana: this is joy reid of msnbc, here s what she thinks. of the ongoing hysteria over race conscious education, what they are seamlessly and falsely misrepresenting as critical race theory. the goal now is to terrify those white voters into voting for a party that is offering nothing on policy. a dana: quick thought on that? quick thought on that is, this is a lazy attack on those who have raised legitimate concerns with teachers coming to class friends and talking about how bad america is. look. there is no question, people in our history, even through our governments have done things that were bad. we have always aspired to higher ideals in this country and generally speaking, the arc of history has shown us that america is unique and it s
crt is based on the premise that america started in 1619, that s not true. it started in 1776. so right from the beginning, this notion is wrong. honest history, yeah. parents are also saying, let s teach math, while this is going on. let me tell you, the chinese are not teaching critical race theory and talking about uighurs, they are teaching math and they are number one in the world. we are 26th in the world. it s not just the damage that the studs by itself, it s what it does in terms of neglecting other subjects and other important matters. dana: indeed. bill bennett, always good to see you. have a good weekend and thanks for being thank you. trace: a hero police officer arresting to the rescue saving a 6-year-old girl after she was kidnapped by a stranger in the car. police arresting the suspect shortly after the girls apparently grabbed while riding her bike. joining us now are officers of jason burbach and sergeant joe