GOP Rep. Donalds blames DeSantis campaign for dust up over controversial Florida education standards
suggesting that “slaves developed skills” that could be used for “personal benefit” later in life.
The Black conservative, an ally of former President Donald Trump who has endorsed him over DeSantis, praised the standards as “good, robust & accurate” . But he deemed the “attempt to feature the personal benefits of slavery” wrong and in need of adjustment, adding, “That obviously wasn’t the goal & I have faith that [the Florida Department of Education] will correct this.”, “At the end of the day, you got to choose: Are you going to side with Kamala Harris and liberal media outlets or are you going to side with the state of Florida?”as “revisionist history” during a keynote address and reiterated her concerns in a speech from Jacksonville.
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