Megan O'Shea: It's been surprising to see how much attention has gone to this one sentence in this history curriculum that runs about 216 pages. She says the immediate context of the instruction is to have students again quoting examine the various duties and trades performed by slaves. And it offers examples like agricultural work, carpentry, tailoring, blacksmithing, things like that. Well that, as John noted, drew fierce criticism from Vice President Kamala Harris who then traveled to Jacksonville last week to condemn it. They insult us in an attempt to gaslight us and we will not stand for it," she said.
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.