Republican Florida governor Ron DeSantis hit back at the Biden administration Friday over Vice President Kamala Harris’ claims the state is whitewashing Black history.
The governor defended the state’s teaching of Black history at a press conference, claiming the state teaches an accurate and balanced retelling of the nation’s past. (RELATED: NAACP Issues Travel Warning For Florida)
“I mean, I thought it was absolutely ridiculous. It’s totally outrageous. You guys can look on the website of the Florida Department of Education. You know, they got a lot of scholars together to do a lot of standards and a lot of different things. But these are the most robust standards in African American history probably anywhere in the country. Anyone who reads that will see that it’s very thorough, very factual, and for them to try to demagogue it, look, that may have worked in the past. Nobody’s buying their nonsense anymore,” DeSantis said.
“Nobody's buying their nonsense anymore!”
— DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) July 21, 2023
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