Tim Walz's education appointee, Macalester professor backs 'overthrow' of United States

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's education appointee has called for the overthrowing of the United States. This comes as those surrounding the vice-presidential candidate have fallen under greater scrutiny.  

According to the National Review, Brian Lozenski, a professor of urban and multicultural education at Macalester College in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota has called for the "overthrow" of the United States. Walz had tapped Lozenski to create an “implementation framework” for Minnesota's ethnic studies standards.  

During a 2022 Zoom recording of Lozenski discussing his book, "My Emancipation Don’t Fit Your Equation: Critical Enactments of Black Education in the US," the professor and appointee of Walz was speaking about how the text tied into education and critical race theory (CRT).  

He said that a main tenet of CRT is that the "United States as constructed is irreversibly racist. So, if the nation-state as constructed is irreversibly racist, then it must be done with, it must be overthrown." Lozenski had said that those in favor of CRT cannot simply say that CRT is "just about telling our stories and divers[ity]."  

"It’s not about that. It’s about overthrow. It’s insurgent. And we, we need to be, I think, more honest with that," Lozenski added, later saying, "The United States needs to be deconstructed, period. Right. Like that’s, you know, and so I think, I think it’s an interesting argument there. And that’s why I’m a critical race theorist." 

The Tim Walz appointee said that oftentimes CRT advocates are "lying" to themselves when they say that CRT can be taught in schools with simple lessons about diversity and storytelling.  

The unearthed comments from Lozenski come as other reports of left-wing views of Walz’s associates have been reported on. Minnesota Attorney General that Walz appointed to the George Floyd case celebrated Brazil's censorship of X in the country and reports of Walz's connection to a Muslim leader that has shared pro-Hitler propaganda has come to light.