The Washington Post is out with a piece today all about Florida parents and students’ outrage over GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis’ willingness to go toe-to-toe with the College Board.
That’s right, Ron DeSantis managed to defeat his Democratic opponent in the 2022 gubernatorial race by a massive margin and continues to poll very well in Florida, but also Floridians hate him. We don’t quite get it, either, but hey, if the Washington Post says so, who are we to ask questions?
More from WaPo:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) warned Tuesday that he may withdraw state support for AP programs, intensifying his ongoing conflict with the College Board, which oversees all AP classes, including an African American studies course the DeSantis administration says leans left and lacks “educational value.” Earlier this month, the College Board said it was revising the course to eliminate lessons on Black Lives Matter and the reparations movement.
After the College Board said Florida’s criticism of its AP African American studies course amounted to “slander,” DeSantis suggested his state might drop AP classes from its schools. Instead, he said, schools could expand alternatives, such as the International Baccalaureate and Cambridge Assessment programs, which, like AP classes, permit students to earn college credit by passing an exam.
A few quick notes: the DeSantis administration says the AP African American Studies course leans left and lacks educational value because it does. Critical Race Theory and queer theory are unequivocally leftist and are actually anti-educational in nature because they seek to warp minds, not nurture them.
Also, DeSantis just flat-out isn’t looking to take educational opportunities away from students; he just wants to make sure that the educational opportunities are, you know, educational. What a concept.
Anyway, speaking of opportunities, apparently the Biden administration saw the WaPo article as a golden opportunity to be a squirrel to distract from their litany of messes and screwups, because the official @POTUS account sent out this tweet a little later:
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. https://t.co/d1FAeWwKv1
— President Biden (@POTUS) February 17, 2023
“For some.” The tweet might as well have just said “Ron DeSantis hates education and hates kids.”
Rent free https://t.co/Ucy29evsWH pic.twitter.com/CnY7HenWXe
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) February 17, 2023
Just in case you were wondering if Biden is scared of a possible matchup against Ron DeSantis in 2024.
Catastrophe in East Palestine
Endless war in Europe
So paranoid we shoot hobby balloons out of the sky
Inflation outpacing wages
Fentanyl pouring across southern border.What is @POTUS doing?
Campaigning against still undeclared Ron DeSantis.
Complete lack of leadership. https://t.co/LlL2gUI2Kv
— IT Guy (@ITGuy1959) February 17, 2023
Still, though, we shouldn’t be too hard on Biden for his tweet. After all, he also said something that conservatives all over the country agree with, even if he didn’t mean to:
Sounds like an endorsement of #SchoolChoice? https://t.co/rozXtmM7fy
— HELP Committee GOP (@GOPHELP) February 17, 2023
It does, doesn’t it? That certainly seems to be how a lot of other people are choosing to interpret it:
thank you for the accidental endorsement of school choice.
— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) February 17, 2023
Biden is for school choice! https://t.co/9R2OyWF8wC
— Helena Handbasket (@hobbes16) February 17, 2023
Biden endorses school choice. https://t.co/BLXljSGcov
— Jon Gabriel (@exjon) February 17, 2023
Welcome to the #EducationFreedom movement, Mr. President @POTUS @JoeBiden https://t.co/vZqjS6tJLw
— Betsy DeVos (@BetsyDeVos) February 17, 2023
Delicious. Well done, Mr. President!
Countdown to when the White House takes down that @POTUS tweet that accidentally endorsed school choice?
— RBe (@RBPundit) February 17, 2023
Maybe someone can ask Karine Jean-Pierre about it today. We’re dying to hear what stupid explanation she’d come up with.
In the meantime:
Teachers unions hardest hit https://t.co/buePLd04Zo
— Hooch (@CompanyHooch) February 17, 2023
Seriously, someone do a welfare check on @rweingarten after being bodied like this by the President of the United States. https://t.co/buePLd04Zo
— Hooch (@CompanyHooch) February 17, 2023
Randi Weingarten may have actually just keeled over.
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