{"id":1540945,"date":"2022-07-06T08:09:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1540945"},"modified":"2022-07-06T08:09:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:09:51","slug":"dem-strategists-repeat-lie-about-desantis-even-the-media-condemns-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-strategists-repeat-lie-about-desantis-even-the-media-condemns-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Strategists Repeat Lie About DeSantis. Even The Media Condemns Them."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-strategists-repeat-lie-about-desantis-even-the-media-condemns-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1540945&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>After two Democratic activists repeated lies on Tuesday about Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in tweets that were widely retweeted, even members of the media condemned the false claims.<\/p>\n<p>The claims, that DeSantis was forcing students and teachers to \u201cregister their political views with the state\u201d or \u201cidentify their political affiliation to Florida\u2019s GOP state legislatures,\u201d had first been debunked last year after The Washington Post and The Hill made similar claims.<\/p>\n<p>The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1408021270030131206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1408021270030131206%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fsister-toldjah%2F2021%2F06%2F24%2Fno-ron-desantis-did-not-sign-law-requiring-students-faculty-be-asked-to-declare-political-beliefs-n402010\">wrote,<\/a> \u201cFlorida Gov signs law requiring students, faculty be asked to declare their political beliefs.\u201d The Post <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1408025718072745987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1408025718072745987%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fredstate.com%2Fsister-toldjah%2F2021%2F06%2F24%2Fno-ron-desantis-did-not-sign-law-requiring-students-faculty-be-asked-to-declare-political-beliefs-n402010\">claimed,<\/a> \u201cIn push against \u2018indoctrination,\u2019 DeSantis mandates surveys of Florida students\u2019 beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Democrat Jon Cooper, whose Twitter profile reads \u201cFormer National Finance Chair of Draft Biden 2016, Long Island Campaign Chair for @BarackObama &#038; Majority Leader of Suffolk County Legislature, NY,\u201d linked to a 2021 story in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2021\/06\/23\/desantis-signs-bill-requiring-florida-students-professors-to-register-political-views-with-state\/\">Salon<\/a> titled, \u201cDeSantis signs bill requiring Florida students, professors to register political views with state.\u201d Cooper wrote, \u201cICYMI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ICYMI: Ron DeSantis signs bill requiring Florida students and professors to register their political views with the state <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cWzHyhhmIw\">https:\/\/t.co\/cWzHyhhmIw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joncoopertweets\/status\/1544290120701984770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democratic strategist Dash Dobrofsky echoed, \u201cRon DeSantis is forcing teachers to identify their political affiliation to Florida\u2019s GOP state legislatures. If the Legislatures aren\u2019t \u2018satisfied\u2019 with the answers, they can defund those public schools. This is not Freedom of Speech. This is Fascism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ron DeSantis is forcing teachers to identify their political affiliation to Florida\u2019s GOP state legislatures. If the Legislatures aren\u2019t \u201csatisfied\u201d with the answers, they can defund those public schools. This is not Freedom of Speech. This is Fascism. Vote for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CharlieCrist?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CharlieCrist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dash Dobrofsky (@DashDobrofsky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DashDobrofsky\/status\/1544368584813469696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe then followed up with some hot take-style videos\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DashDobrofsky\/status\/1544368960451186690\">about how<\/a>\u00a0DeSantis \u2018just passed a bill\u2019 that forces public school teachers and students to \u2018submit their political beliefs\u2019 to the government via a survey,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2022\/07\/05\/dem-strategists-get-clocks-cleaned-after-report-about-ron-desantis-debunked-by-journalists-n589231\">RedState<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>The two Democrats\u2019 tweets <a href=\"https:\/\/twitchy.com\/sarahd-313035\/2022\/07\/05\/resistance-blue-check-with-extensive-history-of-pushing-disinfo-uses-thoroughly-debunked-fake-news-to-paint-ron-desantis-as-a-raging-fascist\/\">went viral<\/a>, with even famed leftist sportscaster Jemele Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jemelehill\/status\/1544339149355855873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1544339149355855873%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fsarahd-313035%2F2022%2F07%2F05%2Fresistance-blue-check-with-extensive-history-of-pushing-disinfo-uses-thoroughly-debunked-fake-news-to-paint-ron-desantis-as-a-raging-fascist%2F\">trumpeting<\/a> the news.<\/p>\n<p>But even members of the legacy media were fed-up with the lies.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News reporter Jay O\u2019Brien snapped, \u201cThis viral post is inaccurate. Further, it references a law passed in 2021 and makes a claim that was debunked that same year. Even the article it links to was written in 2021. Look before you retweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This viral post is inaccurate. <\/p>\n<p>Further, it references a law passed in 2021 and makes a claim that was debunked that same year. Even the article it links to was written in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>Look before you retweet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0BOMrchsTF\">https:\/\/t.co\/0BOMrchsTF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jay O&#8217;Brien (@jayobtv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jayobtv\/status\/1544365210710016002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jayobtv\/status\/1544365346345418752\">linked<\/a> to a Politifact fact check that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2021\/jun\/25\/viral-image\/new-florida-law-requires-public-universities-surve\/\">debunked<\/a>\u00a0similar claims that were made last year about the bill,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jayobtv\/status\/1544367993223880709\">as well<\/a>\u00a0as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2021\/233\/BillText\/er\/PDF\">bill itself<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21574590-combined-intellectual-freedom-and-viewpoint-diversity-employee-survey\">sample<\/a>\u00a0of the actual survey,\u201d RedState added.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Politics publisher Peter Schorsch was seemingly angry because the false claims could allow DeSantis and his spokesperson to fire back and score another victory.<\/p>\n<p>He tweeted, \u201cC\u2019mon, Jon, this is not what bill does.\u00a0 In fact, it\u2019s these kind of bigfooting mischaracterizations that @RonDeSantisFL\/@ChristinaPushaw use to their advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">C\u2019mon, Jon, this is not what bill does.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, it\u2019s these kind of bigfooting mischaracterizations that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonDeSantisFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RonDeSantisFL<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChristinaPushaw<\/a> use to their advantage. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Jxy7jBZOa\">https:\/\/t.co\/8Jxy7jBZOa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Schorsch (@PeterSchorschFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterSchorschFL\/status\/1544356363253518336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you, Jay.<\/p>\n<p>Now all of the Capitol Press Corps will be singed because Coop bigfooted. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0mhSxzFKIO\">https:\/\/t.co\/0mhSxzFKIO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Schorsch (@PeterSchorschFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterSchorschFL\/status\/1544373125118312451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bill that DeSantis signed last year actually mandates that students and professors be surveyed as to their freedom to speak their minds on campus and asks if they think all viewpoints are tolerated, as it states:<\/p>\n<p><em>The State Board of Education shall require each Florida College System institution to conduct an annual assessment of the intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity at that institution.\u00a0The State Board of Education shall select or create an objective, nonpartisan, and statistically valid survey to be used by each institution which considers the extent to which competing ideas and perspectives are presented and members of the college community, including students, faculty, and staff, feel free to express their beliefs and viewpoints on campus and in the classroom.\u00a0\u2026 The State Board of Education may not shield students, faculty, or staff at Florida College System institutions from free speech protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Art. I of the State Constitution, or s. 1004.097.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two Democratic activists repeated lies on Tuesday about Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in tweets that were widely retweeted, even members of the media condemned the false claims. 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