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These Textbooks In Thousands Of K-12 Schools Echo Trump’s Talking Points Their religion-centered, anti-Democrat, anti-science, anti-multicultural message mirrors the Christian nationalism seen at the U.S. Capitol riot. Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost; Photo: Getty Christian textbooks used in thousands of schools around the country teach that President Barack Obama helped spur destructive Black Lives Matter protests, that the Democrats’ choice of 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton reflected their focus on identity politics, and that President Donald Trump is the “fight...

“Something is going on in Washington, D.C.,” she told her students. “Let’s stop.” Althimer, a history teacher in Chicago who had been teaching a life-skills course at the time, tilted her computer toward her television, letting her students see for themselves: A group of rioters was storming the U.S. Capitol.  The students, who are Black, were confused. “Is this a KKK rally?” one asked. “Why is this being allowed to happen?” asked another.  They ultimately landed on one conclusion: Had it been them rioting in D.C., they would have been shot. On Wednesday, children — like...