McAuliffe calls CRT fight ‘racist dog whistle,’ claims 'never been taught’ in Va. despite past state promotion

Democratic Terry McAuliffe repeated the questionable claim Sunday that critical race theory has "never been taught" in Virginia’s public schools and that the fight to ban it is a "racist dog whistle."

"People trust me on education, but it's at the forefront here in Virginia as it now is in others," McAuliffe continued. "You see what's happening in Georgia and Florida, because they're talking about this critical race theory. And as I said before, and I'll say it again, it's never been taught in Virginia. And I really hate it, because it's a racist dog whistle. And all Glenn Youngkin has done in this campaign is run down Virginia, run down our education system, run down our economy. 

"And when you think of this, right now, on critical race theory, Chuck, it's not taught," he told host Chuck Todd. "So all you're doing is pitting parents against parents, parents against teachers, and they're using children as political pawns."