‘They want to make it look like we are dumb morons'

Don McLeroy, the well-known dentist and member of the Texas Board of Education was asked by the London Globe and Mail:

Speaking of Biblical principles, didn't your committee delete reference to Thomas Jefferson, who actually talked about the separation of church and state?

McLeroy answered:

That's not true. Look, down here there are these groups from the far left. Whatever we do, they want to make it look like we are dumb morons. They're very effective, dadgummit. Jefferson's name was taken out of a list of Enlightenment philosophers in world history because he didn't fit the period of the Enlightenment.

We've added a few links to his comment just to suggest that it may not be "they."

McLeroy has been pushing back, as well as admitting the Jefferson/Enlightenment decision was rash.