Walz education appointee who called for the US government to be 'overthrown' under GOP fire: ‘Insurrection’

FIRST ON FOX: Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks is demanding an probe beryllium opened into a Minnesota prof who was appointed to a moving radical examining "ethnic studies" wrong Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota Department of Education, excoriating the professor’s erstwhile comments that the U.S. beryllium "overthrown" due to the fact that it is "irreversibly racist."

"[Brian Lozenski] has intelligibly explained, publically and connected video, that helium supports the deconstruction and overthrow of the United States due to the fact that our federation is irredeemably racist and evil. This is simply a extremist and destructive worldview, that, due to the fact that of Governor Walz’s caller signing of Minnesota’s acquisition law, volition beryllium taught to thousands of children crossed your state," Banks, who is moving for the Senate and secured an endorsement from erstwhile President Trump past month, wrote successful his letter. 

The missive was archetypal obtained by Fox News Digital and calls connected Jennifer Hoppenstedt, interim inspector wide of the Minnesota Department of Education, to analyse Brian Lozenski, subordinate prof of municipality and multicultural acquisition astatine Macalester College, over comments calling for an "insurrection against the United States." Macalester College is simply a backstage wide arts schoolhouse successful St. Paul, Minnesota.

WALZ STATE EDUCATION APPOINTEE CALLED FOR THE US TO BE 'OVERTHROWN' AND 'DECONSTRUCTED'

Rep. Jim Banks and Gov. Tim Walz (Getty Images)

"​​I americium calling connected you to analyse Mr. Lozenski’s past of advocating for insurrection against the United States, and to analyse whether Mr. Lozenski’s radical, anti-America views influenced the Minnesota’s Ethnic Studies Working Group improvement of its Ethnic Studies framework," Banks continued successful his letter. 

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Lozenski was appointed by Walz's authorities Department of Education to assistance constitute the model of taste studies standards for the state. The moving group’s model for taste studies is acceptable to wrapper up connected Oct. 31, with Bank’s missive sent to the IG astir a week earlier the deadline. 

Walz taught precocious schoolhouse societal studies earlier launching his governmental vocation arsenic a U.S. House subordinate representing Minnesota successful 2006. 

Rep. Jim Banks speaks during a quality league to knock the Biden administration's handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan extracurricular the U.S. Capitol connected Aug. 24, 2021. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Fox News Digital antecedently reported that a video published connected June 19, 2022, by The Solidarity Network, showed Lozenski discussing his captious contention mentation research, and arguing that the U.S. is "irreversibly racist" and "must beryllium overthrown." 

"We don’t usage captious contention mentation successful school," Lozenski said. "The archetypal tenet of captious contention mentation is that the United States, arsenic constructed, is irreversibly racist. So, if the federation state, arsenic constructed, is irreversibly racist, past it indispensable beryllium done with. It indispensable beryllium overthrown," helium said successful the 2022 video.

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"We tin beryllium like, ‘Oh no, captious contention mentation is conscionable astir telling our stories and diversity,’" helium added. "It’s not astir that. It’s astir overgrowth. It is insurgent."

Gov. Tim Walz speaks astatine a get-out-the-vote rally connected Oct. 22, 2024, successful Madison, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The video was removed from YouTube past period arsenic it gained media attraction amid Walz’s ongoing run for the vice presidency connected the Democratic ticket. 

"You can’t beryllium a captious contention theorist and beryllium pro-U.S. OK, it is an anti-state mentation that says the United States needs to beryllium deconstructed, period," helium continued successful the video. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Harris-Walz campaign, Lozenski, and the Minnesota Department of Education but did not instantly person replies connected Sunday. Banks sent the missive connected Friday. 

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"Mr. Lozenski is simply a captious contention mentation advocator and subordinate prof of municipality and multicultural acquisition astatine Macalester College. He seemingly was selected to beryllium connected the moving radical pursuing his advocacy for Minnesota House measure 1502, which established the taste studies moving group, due to the fact that of his acquisition teaching taste studies successful St. Paul Public Schools," Banks continued successful his letter. 

Banks' missive comes arsenic Harris and Walz marque their last transportation to voters successful the last limb of the predetermination cycle. (Reuters)

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"He besides founded a radical called Education for Liberation Minnesota, which advocates for additional taste studies program successful Minnesota nationalist schools. Unsurprisingly, a person look astatine Mr. Lozenski’s past statements reveals extremist governmental views that should disqualify him from moving successful nationalist acquisition and surely from processing a statewide curriculum."

Lozenski’s biography touts that helium is the writer of a publication titled "My Emancipation Don’t Fit Your Equation: Critical Enactments of Black Education successful the US," and sits connected the editorial committee of a diary called Ethnic Studies Pedagogies.

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Banks' missive comes arsenic Vice President Kamala Harris and Walz make their last transportation to voters successful the last limb of the predetermination cycle. A nationalist canvass published by the Wall Street Journal past week recovered Trump has a flimsy borderline implicit Harris, astatine 47% enactment to 45%. 

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

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