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>> blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while joe and we were able to get the win. we needed all 20 wins in the ninth we gave up more and more and more. we needed 20, they scored 7 or 8, i guess we missed the extra point. let's be clear here, joe. these are dark times for the boston red sox. >> this is bad. >> the surging new york yankees today playing in iowa, the field of dreams field where they will undoubtedly pick up -- they signed rizzo, they got joey gal low, today probably the ghost of shoeless joe jackson. >> use him. >> this is a team of destiny. if you didn't know your new york y...

>> well, i think it's really important to be clear that it's a political strategy first and foremost. the republicans don't have anything to run on. what would they run on? they haven't done anything. so what they have to do is they have to gin up their base with some sort of manufactured controversy, which is what they specialize in. and they've decided to make it critical race theory, and they have misrepresented what critical race theory is, which is what they do in all of these manufactured controversies. they find something that maybe has a little grain of truth to it, and then they build...

They just picked something out of a hat and said this sounds ominous. so, let's use this. this word sounds ominous. antifa! sounds ominous. right? the new black panthers. that sounds ominous. acorn. sounds ominous. now, critical-race theory. the new, ominous, boogieman word. straw man. nothing there. they are using it to stoke outrage in schools across the country, even though, as i said, it is not even taught to kids. a school-board meeting in virginia erupting in chaos, last night, over critical-race theory. which the superintendent says they don't even teach. >> shame on you! shame on you! ...

Non-existent election fraud and now this. this sounds ominous. so let's use this. this word sounds ominous. antifa sounds ominous. black panthers sounds ominous. acorn sounds ominous. now critical race theory, the new ominous boogeyman word. straw man, nothing there. they're using it to stoke outrage in schools across the country even though, as i said, it is not even taught to kids. a school board meeting in virginia, erupting in chaos last night over critical race theory, which the superintendent says they don't even teach.

Divisive left-wing doctrines such as critical-race theory and the exact opposite of the american belief that we all are created equal in the holy image of god. >> it's not going to be allowed in florida classrooms. spending tax dollars to teach kids that america is a rotten place is absolutely unacceptable. >> tcritical-race theory, 1619. this is a project that is destroying our country. >> it's -- by the way, let's just be clear about this. critical-race theory, that term, right? that is the new boogieman for the right. there's always got to be a boogieman. it was, um, acorn. remember that, f...