{"id":1984273,"date":"2023-07-27T15:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T19:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-asks-critics-whether-they-are-siding-with-harris-or-florida-amid-black-history-tensions\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T15:27:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T19:27:52","slug":"desantis-asks-critics-whether-they-are-siding-with-harris-or-florida-amid-black-history-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-asks-critics-whether-they-are-siding-with-harris-or-florida-amid-black-history-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis questions critics: Harris or Florida in black history dispute?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fdesantis-asks-critics-whether-they-are-siding-with-harris-or-florida-amid-black-history-tensions%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=1984273&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--><h2>Gov. Ron DeSantis Challenges Rep. Byron\u2064 Donalds on Black History Teaching Standards<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;[At] the end of the day, you&#8217;ve got to choose: Are you going \u2063to\u200c side with \u2063Kamala Harris and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/limbaugh-calling-on-moderate-democrats\/\" title=\"LIMBAUGH: Calling On \u2018Moderate\u2019 Democrats\">liberal media outlets<\/a>, or are you going to side with the state\u200b of Florida?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s very clear that these \u200bguys did \u200da good job on those standards. It wasn&#8217;t anything that \u200cwas politically motivated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) recently engaged in a heated discussion with Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) regarding Florida&#8217;s new black history teaching standards.\u2064 The controversy arose after\u2062 Vice\u200b President\u2062 Kamala Harris criticized \u2062the standards, and Donalds expressed agreement\u200c with some of her concerns.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis defended the standards approved by the Florida Board of Education, \u200demphasizing that\u200b they shed light on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-asks-critics-whether-they-are-siding-with-harris-or-florida-amid-black-history-tensions\/\" title=\"DeSantis questions critics: Harris or Florida in black history dispute?\">skills enslaved people developed<\/a>\u2063 &#8220;in spite of slavery, not because of \u200bslavery.&#8221; He argued that this approach vividly highlights the injustices of slavery.<\/p>\n<p>During a meet and greet event\u2063 in Chariton, Iowa, DeSantis acknowledged the importance of connecting with rural \u200ccommunities. He expressed excitement about his\u2062 bus tour and emphasized the significance of engaging \u2063with voters in these areas.<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis&#8217;s Campaign Strategy Reset<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s bus tour comes as part of a campaign strategy \u200dreset and restructure. Recent polling shows a decline in his support, \u2063with an\u200d average of 18% compared to former President Donald Trump&#8217;s average of 52%, according to RealClearPolitics.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this setback,\u2062 DeSantis remains determined and \u200bhas already made multiple\u200c trips to Iowa, participating in\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-just-now-raising-concerns-about-diane-feinsteins-mental-ability-to-serve-in-senate\/\" title=\"Democrats Just Now Raising Concerns About Diane Feinstein\u2019s Mental Ability to Serve in Senate\">numerous public events<\/a>. His campaign spokesman, Andrew Romeo, emphasized DeSantis&#8217;s strong work ethic and \u2062commitment \u2063to \u200bconnecting with voters in the Hawkeye \u200cState.<\/p>\n<p>As DeSantis continues his \u200ctour, he is set to address the Iowa Republican Party&#8217;s Lincoln Day Dinner \u200cin Des Moines on Friday, further solidifying his\u200d presence in the state.<\/p>\n<p>While challenges\u200c lie ahead, DeSantis&#8217;s campaign remains optimistic, confident that his dedication and hard work will resonate with voters in Iowa and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The\u2062 Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that Rep. Byron Donalds aligned with Vice President Kamala Harris when she criticized Florida&#8217;s black history teaching standards. Donalds expressed agreement with some of her concerns, prompting DeSantis to question whether he would choose to support Harris and the liberal media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1984274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}