the new admissions policy increased the enrollment from 1 to 7% black students. hispanics from 3 to 11% and decreased asian american representation from 73% down to 54%. former president mike pence weighed in at the university of virginia earlier this week. patriotic education has been replaced by political indoctrination. let me be clear. critical race theory is nothing more than state-sanctioned racism and it should be rejected by every state in every city in this country. [applause] the thomas jefferson school board says it is trying to achieve racial balancing. it don t set any racial quotas and admissions are race blind. despite a lower court s ruling that found the new policy discriminatory the school board said it wanted to prove geographic diversity. virginia s attorney general isn t buying that argument.
Even from the state department that a deal was imminent. this would be inked in a day and less than a day and any minute now. it s kind of floated off into the ether. do you know what s happened during the talks? as i understand it, it is a presidential-level decision now. the president has to decide whether he wants to be able to strike this particular deal here and whether it is good for the united states. i don t think it is. it is not longer and stronger as they pledged. we re actually getting less for more and so i think the congress is going to be very skeptical of it. i think the president is trying to make a political calculation. gillian: i want to make sure i ask you about the latest happening on the ground inside ukraine. we keep hearing from various countries now the military assessment is the russians could completely take over mariupol the city that they ve razed to the ground.
Why they are dragging their feet on reopening it? i know my colleagues have asked that question but again i think it gets to the broader problem with our approach to ukraine. from the start we ve been reactive and been afraid of provoking vladimir putin. now the ukrainians are showing with their bravery, that they can win this thing. it should give us confidence that we can have success on the battlefield. we can t allow fear to dictate our actions. dana: congressman, thank you. happy easter to you and your young family. thank you so much. happy easter. dana: clashes erupt between police in hazmat suits and residents as the city seize ez residential buildings and turns them into quarantine centers. democrats are trying to
The capital where war crime prosecutors are still digging up bodies from mass graves and looked at the destruction left behind. as the city continues to brace for the possibility of another russian ground offensive, we ve heard air raid sirens over the past 24 hours. russians continue to target kyiv from the air. the civilian population paying the highest price. dana: trey, thank you, and stay safe. i think it s very important for there to be an inclusive arena for free speech. having a public platform that is maximally trusted and broadly inclusive is extremely important to the future of civilization. but i don t care about the economics at all. gillian: free speech is what elon musk is motivating him to try to take over twitter.
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