Trump announces he will be signing an executive order to establish a "national commission to promote patriotic education." He says "it will be called the 1776 Commission," a nod to criticism of the 1619 Project.

 

Trump says it is "a form of child abuse, in the truest sense of those words," to teach children critical race theory.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 17, 2020

Trump repeats his false claim that his order means "you immediately get 10 years in prison" if you destroy a monument. It's not immediate punishment, and that is a maximum *discretionary* penalty - up to judges - in existing federal laws; judges can also just fine people.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 17, 2020

Trump repeats his false claim that his order means "you immediately get 10 years in prison" if you destroy a monument. It's not immediate punishment, and that is a maximum *discretionary* penalty - up to judges - in existing federal laws; judges can also just fine people.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 17, 2020