{"id":538064,"date":"2021-05-24T07:35:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T11:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=538064"},"modified":"2021-05-24T07:35:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T11:35:57","slug":"desantis-vows-to-destroy-critical-race-theory-in-florida-schools-offensive-to-the-taxpayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-vows-to-destroy-critical-race-theory-in-florida-schools-offensive-to-the-taxpayer\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Vows To Destroy Critical Race Theory In Florida Schools: \u2018Offensive To The Taxpayer\u2019"},"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\">28<\/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-vows-to-destroy-critical-race-theory-in-florida-schools-offensive-to-the-taxpayer%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=538064&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3757.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) slammed critical race theory during remarks that he made late last week at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2021\/05\/21\/governor-desantis-signs-floridas-tax-cut-package\/\">signing<\/a> for a state tax cut package, saying that he will \u201cplay whack-a-mole all over the state\u201d to destroy the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/20-attorneys-general-push-back-on-bidens-attempt-to-advance-deeply-flawed-critical-race-theory-1619-project\">much-criticized<\/a> ideology wherever it pops up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, you can put lipstick on a pig, it\u2019s still a pig,\u201d DeSantis said (video below). \u201cSo what we\u2019re doing, the Department, the Florida Board of Education is meeting and they are addressing this. And I told them, they need to address this. And we\u2019ve got to do it. I mean, first of all, it\u2019s offensive. Here we are celebrating tax savings. It\u2019s offensive to the taxpayer, that they would be asked to fund critical race theory, that they would be asked to fund teaching kids to hate their country and to hate each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it\u2019s also, it\u2019s also based on false history, when they try to look back and denigrate the founding fathers, denigrate the American Revolution, doing all these different things that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/historians-shred-nyt-1619-project-claiming-slavery-defines-america\">even very liberal historians say is not supported by the facts<\/a>,\u201d DeSantis continued. \u201cAnd so I think what we need is we need the Constitution back in classrooms, we need to make sure civics is a priority, but it needs to be taught accurately. It needs to be taught in a fact based way, not an ideological based way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we are if we have to play whack-a-mole all over the state, stopping this critical race theory, we will do it,\u201d DeSantis concluded. \u201cSo, we\u2019ll be taking action, don\u2019t you worry.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.5925925925926\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Florida Gov. DeSantis:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s offensive to the taxpayer that they would be asked to fund critical race theory. That they would be asked to fund teaching kids to hate their country and hate each other.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xlVAnrNNqb\">pic.twitter.com\/xlVAnrNNqb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1395798771120803842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"37\">\n<p><em>RON DESANTIS, GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA: You know, you can put lipstick on a pig, it\u2019s still a pig. And, you know, you can rename. So what we\u2019re doing, the Department, the Florida Board of Education is meeting and they are addressing this. And I told them, they need to address this. And we\u2019ve got to do it. I mean, first of all, it\u2019s offensive. Here we are celebrating tax savings. It\u2019s offensive to the taxpayer, that they would be asked to fund critical race theory, that they would be asked to fund teaching kids to hate their country and to hate each other.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And it\u2019s also, it\u2019s also based on false history, when they try to look back and denigrate the founding fathers, denigrate the American Revolution, doing all these different things that even very liberal historians say is not supported by the facts. And so I think what we need is we need the Constitution back in classrooms, we need to make sure civics is a priority, but it needs to be taught accurately. It needs to be taught in a fact based way, not an ideological based way. And we are if we have to play whack a mole all over the state, stopping this critical race theory, we will do it. So, we\u2019ll be taking action, don\u2019t you worry. Thanks everybody, God bless you guys.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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