{"id":1987893,"date":"2023-08-01T15:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-hits-back-at-desantis-invitation-will-not-debate-an-undeniable-fact\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T15:30:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:30:57","slug":"harris-hits-back-at-desantis-invitation-will-not-debate-an-undeniable-fact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-hits-back-at-desantis-invitation-will-not-debate-an-undeniable-fact\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris rejects DeSantis invite, won&#8217;t dispute &#8216;undeniable fact&#8217;"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fharris-hits-back-at-desantis-invitation-will-not-debate-an-undeniable-fact%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=1987893&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>Vice President Kamala Harris Rejects Offer to Debate Ron DeSantis<\/h2>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris made a bold statement at a church convention in Florida, publicly refusing an offer to debate Ron \u2063DeSantis. The offer was regarding the state&#8217;s \u2063black\u2062 history standards,\u2063 which\u2062 Harris criticized during a recent speech in \u2062Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m\u200c here in Florida, and I will tell you there is \u2064no roundtable, no \u2064lecture, no invitation we will accept to \u2064debate an undeniable fact,\u201d Harris said to cheers. \u201cThere\u2063 were\u2063 no redeeming \u2063qualities \u200dof slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s\u200b comments about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-hits-back-at-desantis-invitation-will-not-debate-an-undeniable-fact\/\" title=\"Harris rejects DeSantis invite, won't dispute 'undeniable fact'\"><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.\">black history standards<\/a>\u2064 sparked controversy<\/a>, \u200bas she called \u2064out the notion that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-blasts-florida-history-curriculum-gop-says-her-focus-should-be-on-fixing-border\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris criticizes Florida history curriculum, GOP urges her to prioritize border issues.\">enslaved people benefited<\/a> from \u2062slavery. \u2063While some critics argue that her comments\u2064 were based on a single bullet point in a larger curriculum, her speech garnered significant attention and\u200d even received support from prominent Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Harris&#8217;s remarks,\u2064 DeSantis invited her\u200b to Florida to \u200bdiscuss the \u200dstate&#8217;s black history standards with \u2063one of\u2063 the educators involved in their creation. However, Harris visited the state \u200bwithout engaging in a discussion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Over the past several weeks, the Biden administration \u200bhas repeatedly disparaged our state\u200d and misinformed Americans about our education system,&#8221; DeSantis wrote in a letter. &#8220;Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-challenges-kamala-harris-to-discuss-florida-curriculum-after-misinformed-attacks\/\" title=\"DeSantis invites Harris to discuss Florida curriculum amid 'misinformed' criticism.\">state pushed forward nation-leading stand-<\/a>alone African American \u2064history standards \u2014 \u2062one \u2063of the only \u2064states in the nation to require this level of learning \u200cabout such an important subject.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis also took the opportunity to address Harris&#8217;s role \u2062as the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;border czar&#8221; and suggested\u200c a meeting to discuss the state&#8217;s\u200d black history standards, while acknowledging her busy schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Harris continues to deliver speeches \u200calongside President Biden, focusing on various issues such as abortion access, gun control laws, voter drop boxes, and opposing\u2064 &#8220;book bans&#8221; in public school \u2062libraries.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;As I said \u200dlast week when I was\u2064 again here in Florida, we will \u2062not stop \u200dcalling\u200b out and\u200b fighting back against extremist \u200dso-called\u2064 leaders who\u200d try to\u200b prevent our \u200bchildren from\u2064 learning our true\u200d and full \u2064history,&#8221;\u200c Harris \u200csaid. &#8220;In this moment, let \u200bus remember it is in the darkness that the \u200dcandle shines\u2063 most \u200dbrightly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> \u2064 to visit The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris declined Ron DeSantis&#8217;s invitation to debate during a church convention in Florida. Harris emphasized her high approval ratings and dismissed the offer to discuss black history standards with an educator involved in their creation. 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