There's a heightened sensitivity around the precise wording of the content given the political moment we're in and maybe specifically the fact that this is Florida. I don't think that we can discount that some Democrats may be viewing this as a political opening, maybe looking at an early opportunity to define DeSantis should he become the Republican presidential nominee. And then one more little wrinkle here. Progressives were outraged when the board rejected some previous African American history curriculum for containing critical race theory. But it included exactly the same element.
Florida’s new social studies curriculum, approved by the state’s board of education, has been engulfed in controversy. Democrat critics including Vice President Kamala Harris are speaking out against the curriculum – and the Congressional Black Caucus is now pushing the White House and DOJ to investigate. Conservatives, meanwhile, are accusing the Vice President of lying and are standing by the curriculum. Get the facts first on Morning Wire.