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In Salt Lake City on Friday, DeSantis doubled down on earlier arguments that the new curriculum was needed to prevent liberal indoctrination and accused Harris of attempting "to demagogue" and politicize history.

He said he wasn’ t involved in devising the Board of Education's standards but defended the components concerning how enslaved people benefited.

“They’re probably going to show some of the folks that eventually parlayed being a blacksmith into doing things later, later in life. But the reality is: All of that is rooted in whatever is factual,” he said.

Earlier, DeSantis accused the Biden administration of being “ obsessed ” with his state as it ignores other problems, like border security and crime.

Harris, the first Black person to serve as vice president, spoke from the Ritz Theater and Museum, located in a historically African American neigh -

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We are seeing the cracks and the crevices in the GOP armor. Their leadership is questionable and unsure. I have a suggestion for them. They should bring in former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi for some lessons on leadership. A simple title could be, “How to keep your members together”.

The GOP has taken a downward turn since the arrival of Donald Trump. His ascent to the presidency has caused them anguish and anxiety. They have become polarized and extreme. These are my opinions.

She described “ true patriotism ” as “fighting for a nation that will be better for each generation to come,” and she said schools would better prepare students for the world if they don't gloss over historical crimes.

“Let us not be seduced into believing that somehow we will be better if we forget,” she said. “We will be better if we remember. We will be stronger if we remember.”

Christian Ziegler, chairman of the Florida Republican Party, said Harris was out to “lecture Floridian parents that their children belong to the government and the government has a right to indoctrinate and sexualize our children.”

He said “the government overreach on parental rights has already been overwhelmingly rejected in Florida.”

President Joe Biden and Harris have pitched their reelection campaign around preserving freedoms, and they view education issues as one way to highlight Republican extremism.

Republican House members, Jim Jordan from Ohio and Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia have gone off the Republican path. They believe in the stolen election lies and other ill-founded subjugations.

Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House of Representatives is barely hanging on to his position. He is being held as a political hostage by his own party. If you recall, it took him 15 ballots over 5 days to assume his role.

Does that engender any confidence in his leadership? Lastly, he had to make some concessions in order to become Speaker. He agreed to a House rule change that would make it easier to remove him from office. So, it is safe to