Vice President Harris, taking aim at Gov. DeSantis’s “war on woke,” blasted Florida politicians for making changes to the public school curriculum that she said amounted to an “intentional policy to mislead our children,” especially regarding slavery.
Harris never mentioned DeSantis by name, referring only to “extremists” and people who “want to be talked about as American leaders.” But her fiery speech in Jacksonville focused squarely on the policies of the Florida governor and presidential candidate, as well as on the state’s Board of Education and its Republican-controlled legislature.
She added, “How is it that anyone could suggest that in the midst of these atrocities, that there was any benefit to being subjected to this level of dehumanization?” The curriculum changes Harris criticized were initiated by a 2022 law signed by DeSantis known as the “Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees” or “Stop WOKE Act.” DeSantis’s denunciation of “woke” policies are at the heart of his presidential campaign message.
“Let’s be clear — I do believe this is not only about the state of Florida. There is a national agenda afoot,” Harris said Friday. “Extremist so-called leaders for months have dared to ban books — book bans in this year of our Lord 2023! Extremists here in Florida passed a law, ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ trying to instill fear in our teachers that they should not live their full life and love who they love. And now, on top of all of that, they want to replace history with lies.
“Democrats like Kamala Harris have to lie about Florida’s educational standards to cover for their agenda of indoctrinating students and pushing sexual topics onto children,” the statement said. “Florida stands in their way and we will continue to expose their agenda and their lies.” Biden, for his part, has run an almost understated campaign for reelection, as his advisers have sought to cast him as an above-the-fray commander in chief focused on delivering results to the American people. While Republican candidates like Trump and DeSantis go after each other, Biden has sought to project the image of a leader who is removed from any back-and-forth with the Republicans trying to unseat him.
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