{"id":1985038,"date":"2023-07-28T12:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-fires-back-at-byron-donalds-says-gop-rep-is-siding-with-kamala-harris\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T12:36:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T16:36:11","slug":"ron-desantis-fires-back-at-byron-donalds-says-gop-rep-is-siding-with-kamala-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-fires-back-at-byron-donalds-says-gop-rep-is-siding-with-kamala-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis retaliates against Donalds, accuses him of aligning with Harris."},"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\">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%2Fron-desantis-fires-back-at-byron-donalds-says-gop-rep-is-siding-with-kamala-harris%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=1985038&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>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Clashes with GOP Rep Byron\u2064 Donalds over Black History\u200d Standards<\/h2>\n<p>Amid \u2062the pressures of a presidential campaign, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis \u200cvented some steam on Thursday at Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida for falling short of \u200dwhat DeSantis wanted Donalds to\u2063 say in terms \u2064of Florida\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-public-schools-use-black-lives-matter-curricula-to-teach-black-history-month\/\" title=\"D.C. Public Schools Use Black Lives Matter Curricula To Teach Black History Month\">black history<\/a> academic standards.<\/p>\n<p>Donalds has endorsed\u200c former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race, and DeSantis is the No. 2 competitor, according to most GOP primary \u2064polls.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200dnoted by the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/education\/2023\/07\/27\/florida-african-american-history-standards-desantis-stop-woke-state-board-of-education\/#:~:text=The%20standard%20asks%20teachers%20to,applied%20for%20their%20personal%20benefit.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa Bay Times<\/a>, Florida\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-approves-new-radical-history-curriculum-for-k-12-students\/\" title=\"North Carolina Approves New, Radical History Curriculum for K-12 Students\">standards call<\/a> for middle\u200b school students to learn about the\u2063 kinds of work performed by slaves and \u200dfor teachers to explain how \u201cslaves developed skills \u200dwhich, in\u2063 some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That phrase was\u200d cited by Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-humiliated-cnn-panelist-calls-completely-made-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> in the Biden administration\u2019s ongoing \u2063conflict with Florida, as she claimed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-fires-back-at-byron-donalds-says-gop-rep-is-siding-with-kamala-harris\/\" title=\"DeSantis retaliates against Donalds, accuses him of aligning with Harris.\">state decided \u201cmiddle school students<\/a> will be taught that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-attacks-extremists-in-florida-after-desantis-education-fight\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris criticizes Florida extremists amid DeSantis education clash.\">enslaved people benefited<\/a> from slavery,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/story\/news\/education\/2023\/07\/25\/william-b-allen-florida-black-history-curriculum-denounces-critics-kamala-harris\/70461016007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Times-Union<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey insult us\u200b in an\u2062 attempt \u200bto gaslight us, and we \u200cwill not stand for it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/byron-donalds-takes-shot-host-view-dares-panel-invite-guest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donalds<\/a> posted on social media that a change \u2063is needed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The new African-American standards in FL are good, robust, &#038; \u2064accurate. That being said,\u200c the attempt \u2062to feature the personal benefits\u200c of slavery is wrong &#038;\u200c needs to \u200dbe adjusted. That obviously wasn\u2019t the goal &#038; I\u2063 have faith that FLDOE will\u2064 correct this.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/muq8zi1p85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/muq8zi1p85<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDonaldsPress\/status\/1684199331505504256?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July \u200d26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis fired \u2062back, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/destantis-takes-swing-byron-donalds-defense-florida-slavery-curriculum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>,\u200b saying, \u201cSo at\u2064 the end of the day you\u2019ve got to choose. Are you going to side with Kamala 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>? Are you going to\u200c side\u200d with the\u200c state of Florida?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u200d think\u2064 it\u2019s very\u2064 clear that these guys did a good \u200djob on those standards. It\u2062 wasn\u2019t anything that was\u200d politically motivated. These\u200b are serious scholars,\u201d he said. \u200b\u201cSo don\u2019t side with Kamala\u2062 on that, stand \u2063up for your state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a comment to <a href=\"https:\/\/winknews.com\/2023\/07\/25\/byron-donalds-florida-black-history-standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WINK-TV<\/a>,\u2062 Donalds had framed his concern differently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, yes, that section needs some adjustments. \u2063The talking point narrative around it, yeah, it sounds\u200d awful,\u201d Donalds said. \u201cLike nobody should be accepting of that, \u200dbut when you read through the\u200c standards, they actually did \u2064a very good job in covering all aspects of black history in\u200c the \u2063United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What\u2019s \u2063crazy to\u200d me is I \u200cexpressed support for the vast majority of the\u200b new African\u2064 American history standards and\u200c happened to oppose one sentence that seemed to dignify the skills gained by slaves as \u2064a result of their enslavement.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who can\u2019t accurately interpret what I\u2026 \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b6hqaSJtlp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/b6hqaSJtlp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Byron Donalds \u200b(@ByronDonalds)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronDonalds\/status\/1684361013766881281?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July \u206327, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He later tried to further clarify his stance, saying Friday on\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ByronDonalds\/status\/1684943538721529856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>,\u2064 \u201cI\u2019ve always stood with Florida.\u2063 I did \u2063it when I was in the state legislature. I stand \u2062for \u200bFlorida now as a member of Congress. I\u2019m fighting \u200dhard against this radical agenda from the Biden-Harris admin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ron-desantis-fires-back-byron-donalds-says-gop-rep-siding-kamala-harris\/\">Ron DeSantis Fires Back at Byron Donalds, Says GOP Rep\u200c Is Siding with Kamala Harris<\/a> \u200cappeared first \u2062on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed frustration with Rep. Byron Donalds for not meeting his expectations regarding Florida&#8217;s black history academic standards. 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