Republicans Reintroduce Counter-CRT Bills in Congress

While the battles over critical race theory have, for the most part, occurred at the state and local levels, two conservative lawmakers are taking up the fight in Congress. Today, NR has learned, Representative Dan Bishop (R., N.C.) and Senator Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) are set to reintroduce two anti-CRT bills, both of which were originally introduced by the Republican lawmakers in the last legislative session: the Stop CRT Act, which would prohibit federal funding for schools and universities that promote CRT-based concepts, and the Combating Racist Training in the Military Act, which would bar the use of similar ideas in military institutions, including service academies.

The two bills reenter the fray with a deep bench of support in the Republican caucus, with each boasting dozens of co-sponsors. “Critical race theory (CRT) is a poisonous ideology that seeks to divide Americans based on their skin color, and it must be ripped out, root and branch, from our institutions,” Bishop told NR in a statement. “The Biden administration and radical Left’s relentless promotion of these racist, anti-American ideologies is toxic to our country and culture. These bills are one crucial part of our fight against the insidious effort from the Left to fundamentally transform society based on their designs.”

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While the battles over critical race theory have, for the most part, occurred at the state and local levels, two conservative lawmakers are taking up the fight in Congress. Today, NR has learned, Representative Dan Bishop (R., N.C.) and Senator Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) are set to reintroduce two anti-CRT bills, both of which were originally introduced by the Republican lawmakers in the last legislative session: the Stop CRT Act, which would prohibit federal funding for schools and universities that promote CRT-based concepts, and the Combating Racist Training in the Military Act, which would bar the use of similar ideas in military institutions, including service academies.

The two bills reenter the fray with a deep bench of support in the Republican caucus, with each boasting dozens of co-sponsors. “Critical race theory (CRT) is a poisonous ideology that seeks to divide Americans based on their skin color, and it must be ripped out, root and branch, from our institutions,” Bishop told NR in a statement. “The Biden administration and radical Left’s relentless promotion of these racist, anti-American ideologies is toxic to our country and culture. These bills are one crucial part of our fight against the insidious effort from the Left to fundamentally transform society based on their designs.”