Rep. Jim Banks Introduces Amendment to Ban Teaching of CRT in Military

Rep. Jim Banks Introduces Amendment to Ban Teaching of CRT in Military
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) on Capitol Hill on March 27, 2019. York Du/NTD
Isabel van Brugen
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Rep. Jim Banks’s (R-Ind.) on Wednesday introduced an amendment to the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act to ban the teaching of the quasi-Marxist critical race theory (CRT) or any related theories in the military.

“Today, I will be offering an amendment in the House Armed Services Committee to ban racist Critical Race Theory teachings in our military,” the Republican lawmaker, a vocal critic of CRT, announced on Twitter.

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