DeSantis invites VP Harris to Florida to set the record straight over African American curriculum controversy
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Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis invited Vice President Kamala Harris to his state to discuss its new educational curriculum after the vice president claimed students will be taught slaves in the U.S. benefited from slavery.
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“There is no roundtable, no lecture, no invitation we will accept to debate the undeniable fact: There were no redeeming qualities to slavery,” the veep tweeted Tuesday.
Vice President Kamala Harris dismissed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ challenge to debate his state’s new Black history curriculum as “politically motivated,” marking the latest escalation in a quickly growing feud between the former prosecutor and GOP presidential hopeful.
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis invited Vice President Kamala Harris to his state to discuss its new educational curriculum after the vice president claimed students will be taught slaves in the U.S. benefited from slavery.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) sent a letter to Vice President Kamala Harris inviting her to Florida to discuss the state's black history standards with one of the educators who helped create them.
Vice President Kamala Harris repeated false claims about a new black history curriculum after Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis challenged her to debate.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, facing heavy criticism for defending “anti-woke” teaching in Florida, this week teed up an unusual proposal to the nation’s first Black vice president: Come debate the merits of the state’s new curriculum on African-American history.
“We will not stop calling out and fighting back against extremist, so-called leaders who try to prevent our children from learning our true and full history,” the vice president said in Florida.
In Orlando, Vice President Harris rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis' invitation for a discussion about the state's new curriculum on slavery, calling it an "unnecessary" debate.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday rejected an invitation from Florida governor Ron DeSantis (R.) to discuss the state's new black history curriculum and said she will not be debating the topic of slavery with him.
