Political Stances on Critical Race Theory
Politicians Who Oppose Critical Race Theory

Chris Christie
“We have the public sector unions politicizing this educational system across the country. Critical race theory is just one element of it. We need to be concerned about all of it”.”

Donald Trump
“Our universities are inundated with critical race theory. This is a Marxist doctrine holding that America is a wicked and racist nation that even young children are complicit in oppression and there are entire society must be radically transformed. critical race theory is being forced into our children’s schools, is being imposed into workplace trainings…”

Larry Elder
“Who would have thought just years after elected and re-electing the first black president wed be talking about reparations or critical race theory? Are you kidding me? […] Systemic racism is not the problem, and Critical Race Theory and reparations are not the answer.”

Nikki Haley
“Critical race theory is going to hold back generations of young people. My parents always taught us to focus on what brings us together not sets us apart. America should be United around shared values, not divided by different shades of color.”

Ron DeSantis
“We are also going to eliminate all funding to DEI and CRT bureaucracies in the state of Florida, no funding and that will weather on the vine, and I think that’s very important because it serves as an ideological filter a political filter […] I think people want to see true academics and want to get rid of some of the political window-dressing that seems to company all this”

Vivek Ramaswamy
“I think the critical race theory, especially when it’s taught to the kids, is really a form of psychological slavery which actually teaches minority kids they’re inherently disadvantaged because of the color of their skin, white kids they’re inherently advantaged or oppressors because of the color of their skin, and I think that’s rolling back 60 years of progress since the Civil Rights revolution”