Walz education appointee called for overthrow of US government under Republican attack: 'insurrectionist'

FOX First: Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks calls for an investigation into a Minnesota professor appointed to a task force investigating “ethnic studies” within the Minnesota Department of Education, led by Gov. Tim Walz. has condemned the professor's previous statements and criticized U.S. policy. It is “irredeemably racist” and should be “thrown down.”

“(Brian Rozensky) has made it clear in public and on video that he supports the dismantling and overthrow of the United States because our country is irredeemably racist and evil. This is a radical and destructive worldview, and it will become so because of Governor Walz's recent signature.'' The contents of Minnesota's education law will be taught to thousands of children across the state. ” Banks, who is running for the Senate and received former President Trump's endorsement last month, said in the letter.

The letter, first obtained by Fox News Digital, calls out Jennifer Hoppenstedt, Interim Inspector General of the Minnesota Department of Education, for her comments calling for “insurrection against the state.” They are calling for an investigation into Associate Professor of Education Brian Rozenski. US. ” Macalester College is a private liberal arts school located in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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“I would like to ask you to investigate Mr. Rozenski's history of advocating rebellion against the United States and whether Mr. Rozenski's radical and anti-American views influenced the development of the Minnesota Ethnic Studies Working Group's ethnic studies framework. ,” Banks continued in the letter.

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Rozenski was appointed by the Walz Department of Education to help create a framework for the state's ethnic studies standards. The working group framework on ethnic studies is scheduled to end on October 31, and Banks' letter will be sent to the IG about a week before the deadline.

Walz taught high school social studies and began his political career in 2006 as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Minnesota.

Congressman Jim Banks speaks during a press conference criticizing the Biden administration's response to the withdrawal from Afghanistan in front of the U.S. Capitol on August 24, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Fox News Digital previously reported that in a video published by the Solidarity Network on June 19, 2022, Rozenski discusses his critical race theory research and argues that the United States is “irreversibly racist.” It was reported that he was insisting that the government “must be overthrown.''

“We don't use critical race theory in schools,” Rozenski said. “The first tenet of critical race theory is that the United States, as constructed, is irredeemably racist. Therefore, if the nation-state, as constructed, “If it's racist, it has to end. It has to be defeated,” he said. In 2022 video.

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“We might think, 'Oh, critical race theory is just about telling our stories and our diversity,'” he added. “That's not the problem. It's the overgrowth problem. It's the insurgency.”

Governor Tim Walz speaks at a voting rally in Madison, Wisconsin on October 22, 2024. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The video was removed from YouTube last month after it received media attention as Walz continued to campaign for vice president as a Democratic candidate.

“You can't be a critical race theorist and be OK with being pro-American. It's an anti-national theory that says we need to dismantle America, well,” he continued in the video.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Harris-Waltz campaign, Rozenski and the Minnesota Department of Education, but did not immediately receive a response Sunday. The bank sent the letter on Friday.

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“Mr. Rozenski is a proponent of critical race theory and an associate professor of urban and multicultural education at Macalester College. Apparently he supported Minnesota House Bill 1502, which established the Ethnic Studies Task Force. “I was selected to serve on the working group based on my experience teaching ethnic studies in St. Paul Public Schools,” Banks continued in the letter.

Banks' letter comes as Harris and Walz are making their final pitch to voters in the final stages of the election cycle. (Reuters)

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“He also founded an organization called Minnesota Liberation Education, which advocates for the addition of an ethnic studies curriculum to Minnesota's public schools. Not surprisingly, a closer look at Mr. Rozenski's past statements reveals that he from the development of a statewide curriculum.''

Rozensky's biography states that he is the author of a book titled “My Liberation Doesn't Fit into the Equation: A Critical Enactment of Black Education in the United States” and serves on the editorial board of the journal “Ethnic Studies Pedagogy.” It is advertised as.

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Banks' letter comes as Vice President Kamala Harris and Walz are making their final pitch to voters in the final stages of the election cycle. A national poll released last week by the Wall Street Journal found Mr. Trump's approval rating was slightly higher than Ms. Harris, 47% to 45%.

Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner contributed to this report.

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