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 investigation beryllium opened into a Minnesota professor who was appointed to a moving group examining "ethnic studies" wrong Gov. Tim Walz’s Minnesota Department of Education, excoriating nan professor’s erstwhile comments that nan U.S. beryllium "overthrown" because it is "irreversibly racist."

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

The missive was first obtained by Fox News Digital and calls connected Jennifer Hoppenstedt, interim inspector wide of nan Minnesota Department of Education, to analyse Brian Lozenski, subordinate professor of municipality and multicultural acquisition astatine Macalester College, over comments calling for an "insurrection against nan 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 history of advocating for insurrection against nan United States, and to analyse whether Mr. Lozenski’s radical, anti-America views influenced nan 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 thief constitute nan model of taste studies standards for nan state. The moving group’s model for taste studies is group to wrap up connected Oct. 31, pinch Banks' missive sent to nan IG astir a week earlier nan deadline. 

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

Rep. Jim Banks speaks during a news convention to knock nan Biden administration's handling of nan withdrawal from Afghanistan extracurricular nan 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 title mentation research, and arguing that nan U.S. is "irreversibly racist" and "must beryllium overthrown." 

"We don’t usage captious title mentation successful school," Lozenski said. "The first tenet of captious title mentation is that nan United States, arsenic constructed, is irreversibly racist. So, if nan federation state, arsenic constructed, is irreversibly racist, past it must beryllium done with. It must beryllium overthrown," he said successful nan 2022 video.

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"We tin beryllium like, ‘Oh no, captious title mentation is conscionable astir telling our stories and diversity,’" he 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 nan vice presidency connected nan Democratic ticket. 

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

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

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"Mr. Lozenski is simply a captious title mentation advocator and subordinate professor of municipality and multicultural acquisition astatine Macalester College. He apparently was selected to beryllium connected nan moving group pursuing his defense for Minnesota House measure 1502, which established nan taste studies moving group, because of his acquisition school taste studies successful St. Paul Public Schools," Banks continued successful his letter. 

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

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"He besides founded a group 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 curriculum vitae touts that he is nan writer of a book titled "My Emancipation Don’t Fit Your Equation: Critical Enactments of Black Education successful nan US," and sits connected nan 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 nan last limb of nan predetermination cycle. A nationalist canvass published by nan Wall Street Journal past week recovered Trump has a flimsy separator complete Harris, astatine 47% support to 45%. 

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

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