Republicans want to 'rewrite history and science' to push white nationalism: former GOP lawmaker

Former Congressman David Jolly (R-FL) tore into his former Republican colleagues for their close ties to extreme activists trying to censor books in schools and block any mention of race relations or sexual orientation.

All of this comes as the extremist group Moms for Liberty, which has ties to the Proud Boys and the QAnon movement, gathers in Philadelphia — and as former President Donald Trump, and several other GOP officials including many of his own challengers for the 2024 nomination, attend to speak and support their cause.

"Republicans are struggling with suburban women," said anchor Nicolle Wallace. "This doesn't seem like something that is going to help."

Jolly agreed, and contrasted with how aggressively the Republican agenda on education has evolved in the last two decades.

"Once you get into what the intent of Republicans really is on education, but to say you want to empower parents sounds pretty important to most families," said Jolly. "And Nicolle, we've had the same journey over the last 20 years with Republicans. I am taken by the fact that 20 years ago, you saw the emergence of kind of a Jeb Bush education policy that was largely centered on school choice. We want parents to be able to take their kids to achieve academic excellence at the school of their choosing. It was true liberty."

By contrast, he continued, "Republican education policy today is, we want to rewrite curriculum and skip past what makes a curriculum a quality curriculum. We want to rewrite history and science and truth so that we can reflect this white nationalism, if you will, that is indoctrinated into today's Republican Party. A far, far journey away from what traditional Republican policy on education used to be."

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