Parents across the country have been storming school board meetings to demand an end to critical

race theory in the classroom.

And prominent leftists have responded in one of two ways.

Some of them have defended critical race theory is a good and important academic movement,

and others have denied that critical race theory exists at all.

And actually many prominent leftists have done both at the same time.

Critical race theory doesn't exist, but it's also terrific and wonderful and very important.

Well here to help us break it down, we have one of the nation's top experts on critical

race theory.

This is verdict with Ted Cruz.

Welcome back to verdict with Ted Cruz.

I am Michael Knowles, and this week I am joined not only by the senator himself, but also

by Christopher Rufo, who is senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and who is largely

responsible for many people around the country waking up to critical race theory and the

associated leftist ideological movements that are poisoning the minds of young America.

All right, you understand my opinion of CRT, but I want to take a somewhat balanced perspective.

Chris, thank you so much for being here.

It's great to be with you.

So Senator, you and I were talking not so long ago about what CRT was like back when you

were a student in law school because it did begin in the law schools, but it didn't end

in the law schools.

Well, that's right.

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