Republican gubernatorial candidate and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott recently cited the education research of American Enterprise Institute scholar Charles Murray, whom liberals consider toxic. Here’s the incredibly racist research by Murray that Abbott cited:
“Family background has the most decisive effect on student achievement, contributing to a large performance gap between children from economically disadvantaged families and those from middle class homes.”
The Wendy Davis gubernatorial campaign apparently considers this waaaay beyond the pale. It is responding by citing the Southern Poverty Law Center’s description of Murray as a “white nationalist.” The SPLC is a paranoid, far-left organization which, as the late Ron Smith of WBAL put it, believes America is “filled with Klansmen and rife with people eager to perpetrate genocide.” A year ago, in response to the SPLC’s so-called “hate group” list, deranged domestic terrorist Floyd Corkins sought to “kill as many as possible” at the Family Research Council.
Yesterday, Davis’ communications director Zac Petkanas tried his hardest to portray Abbott as white nationalist-friendly:
https://twitter.com/Zac_Petkanas/status/451119174589227008
https://twitter.com/Zac_Petkanas/status/451142545012047872
https://twitter.com/Zac_Petkanas/status/451173105113645056
https://twitter.com/Zac_Petkanas/status/451175330384838656
https://twitter.com/Zac_Petkanas/status/451177526245597184
Just in case anyone missed the smear, Petkanas retweeted these:
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Fumblerooski. Again. "@GregAbbott_TX Cites 'White Nationalist' In Education Reform Plan" http://t.co/BBkiCUAU9R #TXlege
— #GeorgeFloyd Was Murdered (@ColinStrother) April 2, 2014
So Greg Abbott's education plan cites scholar who says "No woman has been a significant original thinker" & minorities genetically inferior
— Wayne Slater (@WayneSlater) April 2, 2014
Greg Abbott cites "white nationalist" in education reform plan http://t.co/CYAWxD0Y6J
— HuffPostEducation (@HuffPostEdu) April 2, 2014
https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/451178239281475584
https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/451183258575704064
Greg Abbott cites controversial "white nationalist" in his Pre-K education plan http://t.co/dLZaBe2qvC
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) April 1, 2014
RT @mcbride_doug Two. Greg Abbott and Dave Carney RT @scottbraddock How many more Texas followers does @charlesmurray have tonight? #TxLege
— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) April 2, 2014
Here’s a problem: If Greg Abbott is guilty of crimethink for citing Murray, then so is former President Bill Clinton:
Noted white nationalist Bill Clinton on Charles Murray: "I think his analysis is essentially right." http://t.co/P4d44nPsUR
— Will Franklin (@WILLisms) April 2, 2014
Noted white nationalist Bill Clinton on Charles Murray: "He did the country a great service." http://t.co/P4d44nPsUR
— Will Franklin (@WILLisms) April 2, 2014
In '96 #Clinton called for "an end to welfare as we know it" citing Charles Murray's "Losing Ground" #presidentsday http://t.co/fjw8Wi1j
— Manhattan Institute (@ManhattanInst) February 18, 2013
Oddly, “white nationalist” Murray has tweeted his opposition to discrimination against Asian-American college applicants. His most controversial book, “The Bell Curve,” was co-authored by Richard Herrnstein, a professor of psychology at that hotbed of white nationalism, Harvard University.
Related:
Southern Poverty Law Center responds, calls FRC president’s claims ‘outrageous’
‘Get angry’: AEI’s Charles Murray fed up with discrimination against Asian college applicants
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