The
new curriculum includes a section that requires students to "analyze contemporary turning points of 21st-century American society." That requirement includes the following:
Identify discrepancies in 2020 elections results by looking at graphs and other information, including the sudden halting of ballot-counting in select cities in key battleground states, the security risks of mail-in balloting, sudden batch dumps, an unforeseen record number of voters, and the unprecedented contradiction of “bellwether county” trends.
In March, Walters said the purpose of this section was to teach "students to think for themselves" and "
not be spoon-fed left-wing propaganda." According to Walters, there are "legitimate concerns" about the integrity of the 2020 election that were "raised by millions of Americans in 2020."
Walters is wrong. There are no "discrepancies" in the 2020 election results that validate the claims of Trump and his allies that the results were fraudulent. The new curriculum is simply an amalgamation of unsupported claims.
There was no "sudden halting" of ballot counting in key states. The counting took an
extended period in some states because election officials were legally prohibited from counting early ballots in advance. Mail-in balloting is
safe and secure. Large increases in vote totals ("batch dumps")
happen in every election, impact both parties, and are not a sign of fraud.
Record turnout in 2020 was not "unforeseen" — it was due to increased engagement related to the pandemic and other factors. And traditional "bellwether" counties are now
more conservative than the nation as a whole.