On September 1, 2020, one month after the school board in South Lake, Texas unveiled

its proposed cultural competence action plan.

A conservative activist and filmmaker named Christopher Rufo appeared on Fox News.

Christopher Rufo, thanks so much for coming on.

Appreciate it.

Yeah, thanks so much.

Rufo, a senior fellow at a conservative think tank, had come to sound an alarm about

what he saw as an emerging threat in America.

And although Rufo was speaking from a studio in Seattle, his comments that night would

end up having a big impact on the school diversity plan fight in South Lake.

You know, Tucker, it's absolutely astonishing how critical race theory has pervaded every

institution in the federal government.

Critical race theory.

No doubt you've heard that phrase by now.

As a decades old academic study of systemic racism and its far reaching impact on society.

Back in September 2020, the average person had probably never heard of it.

But Rufo, more than anyone else last year, believed that needed to change.

But conservatives need to wake up that this is an existential threat to the United States.

The president of the White House, it's within their authority and power to immediately issue

an executive order abolishing critical race theory trainings from the federal government.

And Rufo, it seems, found a willing audience in President Donald Trump.

Because on September 4, three days after that Fox News hit, the White House issued a memo

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