'Thank you for the accidental endorsement': Joe Biden's attack on Ron DeSantis backfires after president praises choice in education - echoing Florida governor's support of parent's right to choose what children learn
President Joe Biden criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' condemnation of the College Board's AP African American Studies course. The clash comes after the College Board accused DeSantis of spreading 'misinformation' and 'slander', with the governor firing back
By Ronny Reyes
Daily Mail
February 18, 2023
President Joe Biden's hit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dramatically backfired as an 'endorsement' over the culture wars in American schools.
The College Board accused DeSantis of spreading 'misinformation' and 'slander' against their AP African American Studies course, with Biden tweeting a Washington Post article echoing outrage over the governor's push to nix the program.
The president claimed that unlike DeSantis, he believed students 'should have access' to any class they want, but critics said that idea was the very thing DeSantis was proposing and sarcastically welcomed Biden into the 'school choice' movement.
Corey DeAngelis, a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children education group, tweeted: 'Thank you for the accidental endorsement of school choice.'
The president said students should have access to every course available as he shared a Washington Post article about parents' outrage over the governor's move Supporters of DeSantis (pictured), however, said the president was actually arguing in their favor that parents and schools should have a say on what students are learning
Earlier this week, DeSantis railed against the College Board putting 'queer theory' and 'intersectionality' into a proposed advanced placement (AP) courses on African American studies.
The state's Department of Education has rejected the courses, sparking outrage from parents and leading to Biden's criticism of the Florida governor.
The president tweeted: 'I think every kid, in every zip code, in every state should have access to every education opportunity possible. I guess, for some, that isn't the consensus view.'
While the tweet was meant as a jab against DeSantis, many conservatives viewed it as praise and said the idea of freedom of access matched their view that schools and parents should have a right to choose what they want students to learn.
The conservative political organization FreedomWorks tweeted: 'Biden doesn't know it, but he just endorsed school choice!'
Jon Argüello, a member of the Osceola County School Board, in Florida, echoed the sentiment, writing: 'Thank you for your endorsement of school choice! Finally, we agree on something.'
Donald Trump's former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos also tweeted, 'Welcome to the #EducationFreedom movement, Mr. President.'
Twitter user Bill McClain summed up how many others saw the president' criticism of DeSantis, writing: 'Great endorsement for Ron! Thank you!'
Tommy Pigott, the rapid response director for the GOP, invited Biden to go further in his supposed endorsement of school choice.
He tweeted: 'If Biden really thought 'every kid, in every zip code, in every state should have access to every education opportunity possible,' he'd support empowering parents with school choice, not the union bosses who pushed lockdowns.'
DeSantis' DOE rejected the course in a January 12 letter, which was obtained by ABC News.
He called the courses 'inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.'
In his press conference Monday, DeSantis blamed the College Board for trying to slip woke agenda items into classes on African American studies.
The College Board responded to DeSantis' criticism of the programs, claiming in an open letter last week that it did not receive requested feedback on why the courses were rejected.
A letter from Florida's DOE to the College Board characterized the topics as 'historically fictional,' which the board classified as 'slander.'
EDITOR'S NOTE: A degree in African American Studies might get you a job flipping burgers at McDonald's. But you'll have to compete for the job with high school seniors and graduates.
2 comments:
McDonalds is going all Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. They are Capitalists of the first order and soon will no longer have to train educated idiots to flip burgers.
The more and more the woke idiots manage to normalize their woke bullshit the weaker and more stupid our country will become collectively.
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