Critical Race Theory Bans Divide Koch Network, Conservative Movement

An Associated Press report this week on the Koch network’s opposition to anti–critical race theory (CRT) laws highlights the latest flash point in long-running tensions between the libertarian mega-donors and cultural conservatives. The AP’s Thomas Beaumont writes:

That argument — that state legislatures’ restricting the teaching of CRT in public schools is tantamount to “using the government to ban ideas,” which is counter to “the principles that help drive social progress” — gets to the essence of the ongoing friction in the Koch empire’s relationship with the conservative movement.

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An Associated Press report this week on the Koch network’s opposition to anti–critical race theory (CRT) laws highlights the latest flash point in long-running tensions between the libertarian mega-donors and cultural conservatives. The AP’s Thomas Beaumont writes:

That argument — that state legislatures’ restricting the teaching of CRT in public schools is tantamount to “using the government to ban ideas,” which is counter to “the principles that help drive social progress” — gets to the essence of the ongoing friction in the Koch empire’s relationship with the conservative movement.