Texas Governorâs âPatriotic Educationâ Law Puts Propaganda Over History
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When former President Donald Trump, in September 2020, called for mandatory patriotic education for students in the United States, Democrat Susan Rice â former national security adviser under President Barack Obama â was appalled and told CNN s Erin Burnett, I thought I was listening to Mao Tse Tung running Communist China. Republicans, however, haven t abandoned Trump s patriotic education idea, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed into law a bill that calls for patriotic education in the Lone Star State.
When Abbott signed into law Texas House Bill 2497, a.k.a. the 1836 Project, he declared, The 1836 Project promotes patriotic education about Texas and ensures that the generations to come understand Texas values. But critics of HB 2497, according to
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