Cruz introduces bill aiming to prohibit federal funding from being used to push critical race theory

Sen. Ted Cruz has introduced legislation that aims to bar federal money from going toward the teaching of critical race theory concepts.

The bill prohibits federal funds from being used to push ideas like the notion that any race has inherent inferiority or superiority over another, that any person or group "is inherently racist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously" as a consequence of their race or that America's founding documents "are fundamentally racist."

"In September 2020, President Trump signed an executive order to combat race and sex stereotyping by prohibiting federal agencies, federal contractors, and federal grant recipients from providing workplace training to their employees that use any form of blame-focused training such as race or sex scapegoating or stereotyping. On President Biden's first day in office, he revoked President Trump's executive order. The END CRT Act restricts executive agencies from acting against President Trump's initial executive order," according to a press release.

Utah Republican Burgess Owens introduced the House companion legislation last month.

"On President Biden's first day in office, he rescinded the Trump administration's commonsense executive order ensuring no government funding goes to anti-American or racist and sexist training, like CRT, in the workplace," Cruz, a Texas Republican, said in a statement. "President Biden's decision was unsurprising but shows the Democratic Party will stop at nothing to indoctrinate Americans. I am proud to introduce this bill to block federal funding for CRT and ensure the U.S. government doesn't contribute to this radical ideology."