Biden Campaign Hits DeSantis Over Slavery Curriculum in Florida
- Clash centers on notion that slaves derived some benefits
- Harris, Florida governor trade accusations of falsehoods
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President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign condemned Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in a clash over how the history of slavery in America is taught in his state, saying he supported the notion that an “utterly evil” system had benefits for the enslaved.
The comments by campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond followed a DeSantis tweet accusing Vice President Kamala Harris of lying about a recently adopted K-12 social studies curriculum. Harris took aim at the education standards in a speech in Jacksonville on Friday, without mentioning DeSantis by name.