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President Donald Trump actually packed a lot into the final year of his term. He did what he could to root out critical race theory-based training from federal agencies (something President Joe Biden immediately reversed) and announced the “1776 Project,” a direct challenge to the “1619 Project” that had worked its way from the New York Times into the history curriculum of a lot of school districts. Trump wanted children to be proud of their country and proposed an alternative curriculum to do just that.
Bulwark columnist Amanda Carpenter spotted conservative columnist Ken Blackwell wearing a “1776” hat next to Brooke Rollins, and Carpenter broke out the red flags: Brooke Rollins is a Leader for America!
I have enjoyed working with her for
over 20 years! #AFPI pic.twitter.com/QgLxwChc6U— Ken Blackwell (@kenblackwell) August 19, 2022 AFPI is the America First Policy Institute. You know, America First … the line Trump borrowed from Hitler? Wearing 1776 hats for no other reason than love of US history, I’m sure. pic.twitter.com/HBzNQ383oM
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) August 19, 2022 Sure, sure. The AMERICA FIRST POLICY INSTITUTE, established in 2021, post-Jan. 6th, has absolutely no idea what they are doing with the 1776 messaging. A coinky-dink. They are in it for the history https://t.co/cdhbkiUG9q
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) August 20, 2022 A nonprofit promoting America First ideology — sounds like a group of insurrectionists to us. For a “35-person nonprofit group with a first-year budget of $20 million” you sure can buy a lotta hats!
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) August 20, 2022 Tell ya what. I’ll take it all back as soon as the 1776 hat people condemn all the January 6 folks who used and continue to use 1776 as a battle cry. But seems to me like they’d rather play that crowd. America First and all.
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