She’ll either lie and make something up, or say a generic “There’s many schools. Just look it up. Everyone knows this.”
You cannot debate with these people as if you are debating someone who’s arguing in good faith, because they aren’t. The best approach is to not engage. They learned arguing techniques from the sea lions on reddit and other social media. You will never win. When she asked Dodaro how much was being spent on CRT, instead of asking what CRT was (because he knew damn well what she meant) he should have just said, “Nothing. Not one penny.” Because it’s true and he should know that. CRT is NOT being taught in elementary schools. It’s NOT being taught in middle schools. Maybe, somewhere in the country, there’s an advanced class in a high school somewhere that mentions it as part of some other curricula, but it’s not really being taught there, either. And it’s definitely not part of any federal funding. And I realize that with how she’s defining CRT, she’d come back and say that it was being funded, but you can’t get into those games. If she does that, just say, “No, that’s not what CRT is, and we’re not funding CRT in curriculum in public school.” And if she keeps going, just say, “with absolutely no respect whatsoever, you are wrong.” Ok, maybe rephrase that last sentence, but … no, fuck it, say exactly that.
