Cotton calls on Biden to 'publicly condemn critical race theory' after admin promotes radical group

House Freedom Caucus member Byron Donalds, R-Fla., discusses the Biden administration pushing critical race theory on ‘America’s Newsroom.’Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., on Wednesday called on President Biden to publicly denounce critical race theory after the administration blamed an "error" for promoting a radical activist group’s handbook that calls on educators to "disrupt Whiteness." "President Biden has supported Critical Race Theory since he took office—no one believes this was an honest mistake," the senator said in a statement to Fox News. The group’s guide claims that social and emotional learning (SEL) "can be a covert form of policing used to punish, criminalize, and control Black, Brown, and Indigenous children and communities to adhere to White norms," and that "[m]ost SEL standards are rooted in Eurocentric norms, not to empower, love, affirm, or free Black, Brown, or Indigenous children." The guide also calls on educators to "disrupt Whiteness" and "[r]emove all punitive or disciplinary practices that spirit murder Black, Brown, and Indigenous children." While the Abolitionist Teaching Network, co-founded last year by author and professor Bettina Love, does not explicitly mention critical race theory in its guide promoted by the Biden administration, the idea that racism is not aberrational and that America’s institutions are inherently racist are commonly held tenets of the theory.GOP SENATORS DEMAND TEACHERS UNION DISCLOSE IF IT IS COLLECTING INFO ON CRITICAL RACE THEORY OPPONENTSDOE issued a statement Wednesday distancing itself from the group, blaming an "error" for the guide’s inclusion in its handbook.