“In 2015, when Terry McAuliffe was governor, the Virginia Department of Education promoted incorporating critical race theory lens in education...They were trying to indoctrinate kids.”
What PolitiFact found
Scott cited information from Virginia Dept. of Education as evidence that it is teaching critical race theory, but the documents he referenced were suggested reading and training material for educators, not students.
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In short
Rick Scott (United States Senator) made this claim around 8 November 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 7 December 2021, 29 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Rick Scott has 28 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 15 of them false or fake, 11 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4YRbvMnZyQ&t=186s
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