Federalist Executive Editor Joy Pullmann on Southlake Texas Battle with Critical Race Theory

Tuesday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed Executive Editor at The Federalist and Author Joy Pullmann to the newsmakers line to discuss her recent article addressing the demonization of Southlake, Texas parents speaking up against racist cultural competence plans in their community.

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Anti-Woke Faction Opposed to Critical Race Theory Wins Bitter Texas School Board Election

Black Lives Matter flag hanging on porch

Aso-called “anti-woke” candidate won a bitter race for a school board seat in Southlake, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.

Saturday, Hannah Smith, a Southlake lawyer and former clerk for Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, won a race for a seat on the Carroll Independent School District board, nine months after the district introduced a controversial critical race theory curriculum in classrooms, according to NBC News.

“The voters have come together in record-breaking numbers to restore unity,” Smith said Saturday after being declared the winner. “By a landslide vote, they don’t want racially divisive critical race theory taught to their children or forced on their teachers. Voters agreed with my positive vision of our community and its future.”

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