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Posted on 09/21/2022 1:12:57 PM PDT by Hojczyk
When asked about woke teachers who are worried the measure will “lead to a whitewashing of teaching of slavery and other issues,” DeSantis told them to read Florida statues, as they are “required to teach slavery, the post reconstruction and segregation, [and] Civil Rights,” he said. “Those are core parts of American history that should be taught.”
However, DeSantis emphasized that it should be “taught accurately.”
“For example, the 1619 project is a CRT version of history. It’s supported by the New York Times. They want to teach our kids that the American revolution was fought to protect slavery, and that’s false,” DeSantis said. “We know why the American Revolution was fought.”
“They wrote pamphlets. We saw them dump tea into the Boston Harbor. We saw meet in Philadelphia and we have the records of why they revolted against king George III. And so it was the American Revolution that caused people to question slavery,” DeSantis said, emphasizing that Americans collectively agreed that we are “endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights and that we are all created equal.”
“You can’t teach history that’s being used to pursue an ideological agenda. You can’t teach that the foundations of our country were somehow evil. Our founders pledged their lives, fortunes, sacred honor, and they put a marker in the sand,” he said, explaining that it did not live up to all the ideals right away, but “every major movement in our country’s history has gone right back to those core principles.”
DeSantis added that Florida, under his leadership, will not allow this radical movement to delegitimize the founders such as George Washington.
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This guy fights (and so far, wins).
DeSantis rocks
Hope he is the new face of the GOP.
DeSantis and Kari Lake are ON this!!!
God bless them!!
DeSantis rocks”
He does and it is outrages that corrosive nation killing BS like Project 1619 is now standard history text in schools across the country
He will make a fine VP for President Trump.
or more.
Good article-but the author needs to look up the spelling of words she is not familiar with-”read Florida statues”_I’m pretty sure she meant “read Florida statutes”-reading the statues in Florida is not likely to provide any information about what should be taught...
I didn’t like him much during the pandemic. Lately I am loving him. Hope he runs!
Why exactly? He saved a lot of businesses including mine by refusing to buckle under the fuacistas.
Heresy. Trump 2024 - the Revenge Tour!
I did read a Florida statue in downtown Pensacola. It was a Confederate general. I thought he became a Congressman afterward, but I believe that would have been impossible under Amendment XIV, Section 3, unless he was elected in 1866.
Idk. His lack of charisma when speaking to the press. He just seemed too dull to make a successful run.
His actions are awesome though!
I guess the statute wasn’t on the statue...
Twistory?
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