LINCOLN- Tim Royers, former Nebraska Teacher of the Year and his opponent, Rich Pahls, have denounced a campaign mailer that attacks Royers teaching. He previously taught social studies at Millard West High School and says the mailer attacked him as a person and educator. Pahls called for the attacks by the GOP to stop and disagrees with its message.

The mailer said, "Tim Royers has a history of teaching students to hate their country," and went on to say that he supports "anti-American propaganda". Royers says there are good and bad parts of American history and educators should be able to teach both sides. Royers wrote, “The challenge with the traditional American Exceptionalism theory is that the more you learn about United States history, the harder it is to defend,” which caused controversy.

Ryan Hamilton, executive director for the GOP says that he does not regret the message as he feels it adequately described Royers views.

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