Just one day prior to Harris’ remarks Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis sent a letter to the Vice President, inviting her to Tallahassee as early as Wednesday to discuss the state’s new standards noting she has, “no trouble ducking down to Florida on short notice”.
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“It’s clear that scholars across the country agree that this standard is in there, it’s the truth. Not a benefit of slavery, but despite slavery that these individuals were able to persevere and acquire these skills,” Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. said in an interview with Action News Jax last week.
We asked the Vice President’s team for comment on the comparison drawn by the DeSantis administration between the AP and Florida standards last week, but still have not heard back.“I would think from their perspective, okay this is gonna be like a political setup where DeSantis and his team somehow just realter the facts and I think for Democrats it’s much better for them just to keep pounding away at what they consider to be the basic and obvious points,” Jewett said.
Jewett added the campaign-like tone of the Vice President’s Florida speeches isn’t surprising, as Democrats have indicated they plan to invest heavily in Florida in 2024.Vice President Harris criticized extremists “If Democrats want to be competitive, the first thing they’ve got to do is actually compete,” Jewett said.Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter“And so, it does send a message I think to Democrats all across the country, hey, we’re going to attack Florida, we’re going to attack everywhere we think that there’s Republican excess,” Jewett said.
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