Will N.C. GOP wade back into the culture war?

Critical Race Theory gives General Assembly a new opening with grassroots support. Will they take it?

When Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt took the stage at a monthly meeting of the Orange County GOP, it took all of three minutes before she began talking about Critical Race Theory.

CRT, as it is commonly referred to, is the philosophical controversy of the moment, made more potent in North Carolina as the state continues to debate how it will teach history and social studies in public schools.

As other states have done, the N.C. House passed a bill taking aim at Critical Race Theory by proposing that school districts be prohibited from teaching that a person is “is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive” based solely on the color of their skin.

But Truitt warned her audience that they shouldn’t get their hopes up that it will become law. Not because of Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper, who has shattered the state’s record for gubernatorial vetoes. Because of the Republican-controlled Senate.

“I don’t think the Senate’s going to pick up this bill, y’all, so just be ready f…