Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez compared Gov. Abbott's efforts to restrict critical race theory in schools to book burning in Nazi Germany while appearing on MSNBC.
Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez compared Republican efforts to ban critical race theory in schools to Nazi Germany banning books on MSNBC on Wednesday.Texas State Senator Roland Gutierrez received approval on Wednesday for comparing RepublicansRuhle introduced the subject noting that Texas appears to be suffering from a teacher shortage, claiming that a factor is that they are"under attack" from Republican politicians. Gutierrez agreed, suggesting that Govs. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.
"Sometimes I think that Abbott is DeSantis's mini-me. Because what Florida does, Texas does. We had a weak, watered-down CRT bill, in a special session, because Abbott said we have to do something about CRT. Yet he won't do anything about guns. My suspicion is that that CRT bill is going to come back in the spring. We are going to see a much stringent CRT bill," Gutierrez said.He continued,"Let’s face it. These aren't problems. But this is how bad things begin.
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