VP Kamala Harris slaps down Ron DeSantis’ invite to hash out Florida slavery curriculum dustup
August 2, 2023
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as posted by the channelVice President Kamala Harris slapped down Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ invite to hash out their curriculum spat.
“Extremists attempt to divide our nation with unnecessary debates. But I have news for them: We will not be distracted — and we will not be deterred,” Harris tweeted Tuesday.
“There is no roundtable, no lecture, no invitation we will accept to debate the undeniable fact: There were no redeeming qualities to slavery.”
Last month, Harris, the nation’s first black vice president, attended a church convention on DeSantis’ home turf and publicly denounced the state’s updated curriculum on African American studies, which features lessons on the “benefits” of slavery.
“They want to replace history with lies,” Harris said at the time. “Middle school students in Florida [are] to be told that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
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