{"id":1988519,"date":"2023-08-02T09:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-runs-away-from-debating-florida-leaders-over-curriculum-no-invitation-we-will-accept\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T09:03:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:03:02","slug":"kamala-harris-runs-away-from-debating-florida-leaders-over-curriculum-no-invitation-we-will-accept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-runs-away-from-debating-florida-leaders-over-curriculum-no-invitation-we-will-accept\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris refuses to debate Florida leaders on curriculum, citing no acceptable invitations."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-runs-away-from-debating-florida-leaders-over-curriculum-no-invitation-we-will-accept%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=1988519&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>Vice\u2064 President Kamala Harris made a bold move on Tuesday by refusing to engage in a debate\u200d about Florida&#8217;s new \u2062African American \u200bhistory \u200dcurriculum. This debate was proposed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-black-academic-who-co-created-floridas-african-american-history-curriculum-shreds-democrat-lies\/\" title=\"Prominent Black Academic Exposes Democrat 'Lies' on Florida's African American History Curriculum\">prominent black academic<\/a> \u2064who played a key role in creating the study program.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, one of \u200bthe \u2064leading GOP \u200bpresidential candidates, issued a\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-shreds-harris-in-letter-inviting-her-to-florida-this-week-to-discuss-curriculum\">challenge<\/a> to Harris on Monday\u200b night. This came after Harris had sparked a week filled\u2062 with false narratives about the curriculum,\u2064 following her emergency trip to Jacksonville to \u2062protest the materials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I officially invite you back to Florida to discuss our African American History standards,&#8221; DeSantis \u200csaid. &#8220;We would be \u2063delighted to host you here\u2064 in Tallahassee. I will also invite Dr. William Allen, who played a crucial role in developing our\u200c impressive new standards. You \u200bare welcome\u2064 to bring Randi Weingarten or anyone else who shares your views on the standards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The governor \u200dexpressed his\u200d readiness to meet with Harris as early as Wednesday, but Harris declined \u2064the invitation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are \u200ctrying to \u200clegitimize these \u2063unnecessary\u2064 debates with a proposal \u2062that recently came in the form of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-runs-away-from-debating-florida-leaders-over-curriculum-no-invitation-we-will-accept\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris refuses to debate Florida leaders on curriculum, citing no acceptable invitations.\">politically motivated roundtable<\/a>,&#8221; Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/01\/kamala-harris-ron-desantis-black-history-00109170\">stated<\/a> in Orlando.\u200c &#8220;Well, I\u2063 am here in \u2063Florida, and I can tell you that there will \u2062be \u2064no\u2062 roundtable, no lecture,\u200d and no invitation that we will\u2064 accept to debate \u200ban\u200c undeniable fact: there were no redeeming qualities of\u200c slavery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>This week, CNN reported that Harris aimed to raise her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-pans-biden-admins-immigration-crime-policies-during-campaign-style-speech\/\" title=\"Tom Cotton Pans Biden Admin\u2019s Immigration, Crime Policies During Campaign-Style Speech\">national profile ahead<\/a> of the\u200c 2024 presidential election. To\u2064 achieve\u2064 this, \u200cshe decided\u200c to take a page out \u2064of California \u2063Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s playbook and attack DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217; team has\u2062 reportedly\u200c been &#8220;marveling&#8221; at the fact \u2063that \u200bher criticism of\u2064 the curriculum has led to\u2064 DeSantis&#8217; &#8220;opponents&#8221; using her claims as ongoing ammunition \u200bfor attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Harris\u2062 has \u200dquietly observed how other \u2064Democrats, including her\u2062 friend and\u200b occasional rival for\u200c attention, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, have gained national attention by aggressively confronting Republicans,&#8221; \u2064the report stated. &#8220;Her aides say\u200d she has also been following the news from\u200d the Republican presidential race and expressing her desire to be seen as fighting against extremism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The report also mentioned\u200d that \u2062&#8221;Biden aides enthusiastically \u2062embraced the\u200d response and the series of events it triggered.&#8221;\u200d This included\u2062 counterattacks by \u2063Republican\u200d presidential candidate\u200d Tim Scott and three black \u2063U.S. lawmakers,\u200d all\u200c of\u2064 whom\u2063 have endorsed Trump, against DeSantis and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-fires-back-after-some-republicans-promote-kamala-harris-lies-about-florida-curriculum\">DeSantis&#8217; retaliatory statements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-black-academic-who-co-created-floridas-african-american-history-curriculum-shreds-democrat-lies\">Top Black Academic Who Co-Created Florida&#8217;s African American History Curriculum Shreds\u2064 Democrat &#8216;Lies&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris declined to engage in a debate over Florida&#8217;s African American history curriculum alongside Governor Ron DeSantis and a prominent black academic. DeSantis, a leading GOP presidential contender, had challenged Harris following her previous remarks that sparked controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1988520,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1988519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/1988519","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1988519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1988519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1988520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1988519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1988519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1988519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}