DeSantis Now Says Teachers Are Shelving Books to Make Him Look Bad - Daily Beast

[SouthernDem4ever]

They're manufacturing that to try to create a narrative,” he said during a press conference Tuesday. DeSantis was backed by Florida’s Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, who called the controversial rules that have forced costly reviews and book removals “fake news.”

“Florida does not ban books, and this particular book on baseball legend Roberto Clemente is currently on school bookshelves across the state!” Diaz tweeted.

However, a spokesperson for the school district pointed out that Clemente’s book is one of 1.6 million titles under review following the state’s restrictive new laws, which have impacted teachers’ ability to teach about topics including race, gender and sexuality in Florida.

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Now he's backtracking because he's getting shit from everywhere. Take it to your weird Christo-fascists in Fla Ron - normal people know what you are.

[Hotler]

1. Being a Nazi asshole makes you look bad.

Eat shit and die Ron.

[Samrob]

2. Pandora always seems to strangle the one who opens her box. nt

[Aristus]

16. Pandora was the one doing the opening.

n/t

[marmar]

3. I want to be a fascist dictator but don't make me look like a fascist dictator.

[lisa58]

4. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Maine Abu El Banat]

5. Why would they?

When all they have to do is hand him a microphone.

[Buns_of_Fire]

6. Grasshopper has learned well.

(1) I'm the victim here. So unfair!
(2) It's all fake news. Are you going to believe me or your lying eyes?
(3) WAAAAAAAAH!

[Walleye]

12. And don't forget, gotta use the word narrative in every sentence

[Lovie777]

7. Another nut case..................

the GQP are full of them.

[Paladin]

8. Reap what you sow, motherfucker.

So glad to finally see some blowback against DeSantis' fascism. We need a lot more of it.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. Love it!

De Santis must have never gone to public school. Rule No. 1: Don't mess with the teachers!

[Frustratedlady]

10. Teachers nor anyone else has to do anything to make DeSane-less look bad...

He's doing a pretty good job all by himself.

When does he get any real work done for Florida?

[Kid Berwyn]

11. Poor widdle NAZI...

…always the victim.

[CaptainTruth]

13. Have I mentioned that I hate DeSantis?

We can't let that guy get anywhere near the White House!!!

[William Seger]

14. Let's just hope it's working (nt)

[Demovictory9]

15. Does desantis have a press conference every single day?

Seems like it

[obamanut2012]

18. Yes, but they are "closed"

Only handpicked journos are allowed in.

[Ford_Prefect]

17. I wonder how we will know when Gov. DeSantis ever tells the truth about anything at all?

IMO he never will so the distinction is moot.

[ananda]

19. He's a Republican. Truth isn't in his vocabulary.

...

[Ford_Prefect]

24. There is that, yes. He has no truth to tell anyone.

[machoneman]

20. Great! This and other recent DeSatan moves have backfired. He is tone deaf and refuses to enlist...

...the opinions of other R's. Hogging the spotlight and issuing authoritarian demands of a few House/Senate pals to write crazy winger laws that will (or have been) forwarded for a vote. Most are afraid of crossing him however. Still, his overreach on issues most of us Floridians care not a whit about is going to hurt him in his Presidential run.

[Takket]

21. I hope the people at the DNC that create campaign commercials are taking notes

We saw the letter. It basically said if we find a book on your shelves that has not been approved by the gestapo EERRRRRRRRR I MEAN state of Florida, you can be sent to prison.

Our 2024 nominee needs to beat them over the head with this shit.

Sorry I don’t have the letter. Someone on DU posted it a few weeks ago.

[sarge43]

22. You're wrong, gov

Nothing could make you look any worse. You're a bottom feeder fascist.

[niyad]

23. ONE POINT SIX MILLION books under review??? WTAF?????

[uponit7771]

30. +1,

[ProfessorGAC]

25. He Needed Help To Look Bad?

I think not.

[jcgoldie]

26. Gosh these gop tough guys are victimized a lot!

[onethatcares]

27. if and when you contact him

remember this;



Under Florida law, all correspondence sent to the Governor’s Office, which is not exempt or confidential pursuant to Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes, is a public record. If you do not want the public record contents of your e-mail or your e-mail address to be published on this website or to be provided to the public in response to a public records request, please do not send electronic mail to this entity.

Please be aware that personal information sent in your correspondence, such as home addresses and telephone numbers, may be posted to the Sunburst public records website.

I don't think I've ever seen that on an elected officials website before.

[Torchlight]

28. 'The only reason this looks bad is because they're doing what I ordered them to.'

Or some-such nonsense statement to soon follow.

[Skittles]

29. he either plays the bully or the victim

there is NOTHING ELSE THERE