An unidentified Virginia voter had his big moment to articulate his opposition to critical race theory in public schools with the political comedy pair The Good Liars, and to say the least, he fumbled the ball. To expand on that, he fumbled in a way that seems to be representative of many Republican voters riled up by clips of outraged parents at school board meetings and GOP politicians in televised interviews.

They’re angry, that much is obvious, but often they’re not exactly sure about what. When comedian Jason Selvig asked the Virginia man about the most important issue in the gubernatorial race in the state, he said that it was “getting back to the basics of teaching children, not teaching them critical race theory.” It was a fair enough opinion, but upon further questioning, Selvig learned it was based on very little actual knowledge of what critical race theory is. When he asked the voter what the framework was, he responded: “Well, I’m not going to get into the specifics of it because I don’t understand it that much, but it’s something that I don’t, what little bit that I know, I don’t care for.”

Selvig pushed the voter for an explanation of the little bit he knows about critical race theory, and he doubled down on his position. “I don’t have that much knowledge on it, but it’s something that I don’t care for,” he said. Some would argue there’s a reason the man doesn’t know much about the framework, which maintains that America’s legal system is largely based on its history with racism. The theory is a higher-level academic framework more frequently taught in law schools, and elementary or even high school campuses were never under any real “threat” of the framework being taught there.

A Nevada superintendent told an angry crowd protesting the theory at a school board meeting as much, but the words of Douglas School District Superintendent Keith Lewis did little to appease the Nevada residents, among them a former attorney general vying for a Senate position to represent the state, CNN reported. “I call on this board to permanently ban critical race theory and all of its appendages,” Adam Laxalt said to the crowd. The attendees clapped, failing to recognize the thinly veiled political tactic of pouncing on a fiery nonissue to drum up support.

Laxalt didn’t have to promise anything or explain how he would actually represent the people of Nevada to garner support from the school board attendees. He just had to call for the removal of something already out of play in schools. It was the easiest of wins that while those like the voter interviewed by Selvig were susceptible, Douglas High School students Jacob Lewis, Sydney Hastings, and Kimora Whitacre were not. “I feel they don’t understand that our school doesn’t even have CRT,” Lewis told CNN about the school board critics. “They’re arguing for something that we don’t even have.”

Whitacre told the news network she didn’t know any of the protesters featured in one school board meeting she could access via Zoom, but she could clearly see the effect the criticism was having on educators. “You can see the wear it takes on our administrators,” Whitacre said. “They’re just trying to educate us. That’s where I get disappointed. We’re just trying to learn.”

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