something that doesn t have us in priority. critical race theory is largely a cultural battle. that s the essence of it. alex, does she know that chriscal race theory is not taught in virginia schools? she doesn t really know what critical race theory s. she knows during the pandemic she and other parents started seeing firsthand what their students were learning and what was being taught in class, the dialogue, discussion and reading materials. other parents, activists, stat gists, whoever, started exchanging facebook messages and video saying whoa, whoa, whoa, i don t like the way they are talking about race, specifically whiteness. we don t like the way white seasons being denigrated in the context of american history, whether that s andrew jackson custom the genocide of tribal people in this country or whether it is slavery itself. and they sort of banded together with the funding of dark money conservative groups and the
before he s supposed to be talking at the dinner. for more i m joined by axios political reporter who s covering the race. evan mcmullin, executive director of the stand up republic and a 2016 independent presidential candidate. jason johnson, of course, politics editor for the root. what do you smell particularly with regard to the rise, the dynamic of mr. pete buttigieg? you know, it s interesting about that poll that you just showed on-screen is that i ve been talking with a lot of democratic strategists in the showed on screen is i ve been talking with a lot of democratic stat gists in the last few months who said a few months ago i was sort of like, yeah, i don t know if that s really going to happen. but now this poll is confirming these rumors and ideas and hypotheses these strategists have been floating for a while now. they think pete buttigieg,
romney s first choice for the republican ticket. people involved in the election process said the campaign believed no one would be more in depth and persuasive at delivering romney s message. advisers thought christie would excel at campaigning. we ll play it. guess what, you weren t our first choice. if we lose when we lose, it s your fault for not being as awesome as new jersey governor chris christie. the romney/ryan campaign is trying very hard to project confidence and calm just two days before the election, but this thing going on with the paul ryan press is not good. on the record staffers and stat gists and surrogates will say how self assured they are. this is why they will win ohio and pennsylvania. if they were planning on winning, there would not be this kind of split between the romney camp and the ryan camp. would there? the guy who i want to ask about this more than anybody else in the entire world is the senior strategist for the mccain/palin campaign from 2008. y niec
excel at campaigning. we ll play it. guess what, you weren t our first choice. if we lose when we lose, it s your fault for not being as awesome as new jersey governor chris christie. the romney/ryan campaign is trying very hard to project confidence and calm just two days before the election, but this thing going on with the paul ryan press is not good. on the record staffers and stat gists and surrogates will say how self assured they are. this is why they will win ohio and pennsylvania. if they were planning on winning, there would not be this kind of split between the romney camp and the ryan camp. would there? the guy who i want to ask about this more than anybody else in the entire world is the senior strategist for the mccain/palin campaign from 2008.