GOP Rep. Byron Donalds, the sole Black member of Florida's congressional delegation, is at odds with the state Education Department and Gov. Ron DeSantis, after criticizing a clarification in middle school instruction standard on Black history.
,"Florida isn't going to hide the truth for political convenience. Maybe the congressman shouldn't swing for the liberal media fences like @VP."
"Once free, African Americans used these skills to provide for themselves and others," the AP African American Studies course framework says. "Anyone who can't accurately interpret what I said is disingenuous and is desperately attempting to score political points," heJason Miller, a Trump campaign adviser, defended Donalds in a statement and called him a"conservative hero" and says DeSantis team's attempt to"smear" Donalds is a"disgrace."
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