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DeSantis EXPOSED By Incriminating Teacher Reports
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6:09Now PlayingFlorida Governor, Ron DeSantis, is exposed by his former students for his controversial stance on the civil war, bias treatment and partying with teenagers. John Iadarola and Bridget Todd break it down on The Damage Report.
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Ron DeSantis’ Brief Stint Teaching High School Reportedly Included Him Being ‘Hostile’ Towards Black Students, Partying With Teens, And Arguing About The Civil War
"Ron DeSantis might be president one day. Maybe not in the wake of the 2024 election, but one day. He’ll almost certainly continue to be Florida’s governor, even if he won’t commit to spending all four years in office. Still, he has a dodgy track record, and a new report by The New York Times about his stint, in his early 20s, as a high school teacher only adds to his infamy.
In the early aughts, at age 23, DeSantis spent a year teaching history and coaching baseball and football at Darlington School, an independent private school in northwest Georgia (which, incidentally, is today represented by Marjorie Taylor Greene). He was a fresh-faced Ivy League graduate, ambitious and arrogant. He made it clear he wasn’t long for the school, destined for greater things — like, say, governor of a state and arch-nemesis of a future former president.
As coach, DeSantis was reportedly helpful and inspirational. As a history teacher, however, he was extremely questionable. Former students, who made him the talk of their 20th reunion, told NYT that they questioned the veracity of the claims he made in class, especially about the Civil War. What’s more, he was allegedly “mean” and “hostile” to some of the school’s Black students. One such student remembers how he treated her:"
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