Ron DeSantis just sent a letter to Kamala Harris requesting a meeting to discuss Florida's new...

[demmiblue]

1. @RonDeSantis just sent a letter to @KamalaHarris requesting a meeting to discuss Florida's new Black history curriculum

DeSantis said he would bring along William Allen, who helped write the curriculum

Who is William Allen?

We took a deep dive

And it's a WILD ride

Link to tweet

Pfft... fuck you.

[gratuitous]

1. Better bone up, Ron

First thing I'd suggest is learning to pronounce the Vice President's name.

[Walleye]

10. Yep, I want to see him pronounce it wrong to her face

[snowybirdie]

2. First sentence is a lie

Florida has some of the lowest paid teachers in the nation. And lowest unemployment payments to residents. Screw him.

[Grokenstein]

45. I looked it up because it was preposterous.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education

Yep, Flaw'duh is #1--in higher education. (They average it against pre-K through 12th grade, where it ranks fourteenth, which also seems unlikely.) I question the methodology here, but DeSantis' claims that his policies accomplished that ranking are laughable. As The Littlest Mob Boss continues to wreak havoc, that ranking will drop faster than teachers are already abandoning the state.

[brush]

3. It's called doubling down on racism and stupidity.

No way to justify teaching enslaved human beings benefited from being enslaved.

Can't get more racist than that.

[Mr.Bill]

4. She should tell him she would love to come to Florida

and discuss education with someone who knows something about it, but that wouldn't be him.

And how can you be number one in education when teachers are leaving the state?

[malaise]

17. Does he have a clue about Kamala's education pedigree?

And does he really believe he can summon the VP to a meeting.
Fuck off fool.

[Casady1]

5. The end of the Desantis run

No republican will vote for him now.

[underpants]

30. Like Christie hugging Obama

He was done after that.

[emulatorloo]

41. I imagine he thinks he can "outsmart" VP Harris and make her look bad.

He’s a fool if he thinks that though.

[musette_sf]

6. From the first sentence

Florida is the number one state in the nation for education.

this is 100% bullshit.

[demmiblue]

7. Here is the rest about William Allen:

1. @RonDeSantis just sent a letter to @KamalaHarris requesting a meeting to discuss Florida's new Black history curriculum

DeSantis said he would bring along William Allen, who helped write the curriculum

Who is William Allen?

We took a deep dive

And it's a WILD ride

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2. Allen has a history of making incendiary remarks and promoting right-wing ideology

In 1989, as chairman of Reagan's Civil Rights Commission, Allen gave a talk at an anti-gay conference titled “Blacks? Animals? Homosexuals? What is a Minority?”

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3. In the speech, Allen said creating legal protections for minority groups “is the beginning of the evil of reducing American blacks to an equality with animals and then seducing other groups to seek the same charitable treatment.''

4. At the time, the rest of the Commission denounced the speech for being ''disgusting and unnecessarily inflammatory.'' When the Commission held a vote to condemn the speech, Allen "was the only member of the commission to vote in behalf of himself."

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5. Allen was also charged with kidnapping a 14-year-old girl from a reservation. There was a custody battle between her birth mother and a white couple that wanted to adopt her

“Allen contends that the girl wants to leave the reservation, though the mother has formal custody”

6. Following pressure from the Commission, Allen eventually apologized. But even then, he said he would “not assume responsibility'' for the events. He also refused to step down, and instead called for the resignation of everyone on the Commission.

7. More recently, Allen has been an outspoken critic of efforts to promote diversity.

Accepting the “whole idea of diversity and identity,” Allen says, “is apartheid.” Image

8. There is a lot more on Allen and other members of the work group that created Florida's new Black history curriculum in today's Popular Information.

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9. This platform is controlled by a mercurial billionaire who uses it to promote right-wing ideology and conspiracy theories.

I recommend getting accountability journalism directly by subscribing to Popular Information.

It's free to sign up.

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[stuck in the middle]

11. Kidnapping, huh?

I can see why DeSantis likes him.

[IcyPeas]

12. Thanks for this. /nt

[intheflow]

18. Allen's Black.

And obviously hates himself and his race if he's calling DEI work "apartheid."

"Apartheid" = Being apart
"Inclusion" = Joining together.

William Allen is one stupid dude.

[jcgoldie]

36. Its a niche, there will always be demand in right wing circles for such folks

Candace Owens will always have a job making white racists feel good about their hateful perspectives.

[underpants]

28. You had me at " chairman of Reagan's Civil Rights Commission"

I lived through those days. The main point of Reagan’s administration was - shut up and sit down! The old white men are back in charge!

[EYESORE 9001]

8. I hope our VP gives this all the attention it deserves

Shouldn’t take more than 5 microseconds.

[SheilaAnn]

9. Wish I could write that return letter to this idiot and he's my gov. Sigh. n/t

[The Magistrate]

13. What An Impudent Little Twit

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Inappropriate tone of a man in deep trouble

[Walleye]

15. Governor, set up a meeting with Dr. Miguel A. Cardona, US secretary of education

Explain your curriculum to him

[JohnSJ]

16. Who is William Allen? Another Clarence Thomas and Candice Owens. No one should legitimize the

racism of these jackasses, and meeting with these autocratic THUGS, would do just that

[Cha]

20. More about william allen in this post...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218137649#post7

[JohnSJ]

34. Thanks Cha

[Cha]

19. It sounds to me like he wants to

fundraise OFF this Shit.

[scarletlib]

39. I am sure he does. Plus the letter is insulting to her in many ways.

[Cha]

40. + VP Kamala's Response..

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=18137833

[riversedge]

21. May, 2023....... the states with the best school systems, in order, are Massachusetts, Connecticut,

May, 2023....... the states with the best school systems, in order, are Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, Vermont, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Delaware, and Maryland. Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maryland are all in both the states with the highest educational attainment and the states with the best school systems.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/best-states-for-education

[lpbk2713]

22. Reply:

"Sorry Ron. I don't have time for assholes like you."

[onethatcares]

23. you do understand how he'll work this?

If VP Harris doesn't respond, he'll tell his next groupies that she was to afraid to discuss with him.

if VP Harris does respond, he'll just tell his next groupies how wrong she was no matter what she says.

he's a snake just like the constrictors released into the Glades, Never trust a snake.

[mitch96]

25. Yup, a no win trap... She is smart and will figure something out. Like telling HIM to come to the

Vice Prez office in Washington to talk and make him wait till he is fuming....
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[onethatcares]

31. good idea

but he's gonna use our Florida tax dollars to go there.

He has a hard time following the rules.

[mitch96]

33. I'm in Florida and would be glad to see him HUMILIATED in public. He's such a dickwad. nt

[onethatcares]

35. I'm in St Pete

and would really like to see that.

[LiberalFighter]

43. I would respond with I thought you were running for President. Not VP.

[tulipsandroses]

24. I think she should decline. It's a political stunt. Send a historian, teachers that are against it

That’s who he should have the discussion with, if he truly wants to have honest dialogue. He doesn’t, he wants to use it to revive his failing campaign.

He has people in his own party against this foolishness. He should have a meeting with them.

[Irish_Dem]

26. William Allen sounds like a security risk.

[Irish_Dem]

27. DeSantis thinks he can set up the VP and score points.

[Takket]

29. She should agree under the caveat

That it is on national TV in a debate format.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. I love MVP Harris' response to this silly letter

Link to tweet

[Hekate]

37. This is her splendid response...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218137833

[2naSalit]

38. William Allen...

Token black person works as a prof at some university or other. Saw him on some news show this weekend, reminds me of the "999" guy only not so much of a used car salesman type. He seems strange is all I can say.

[LiberalFighter]

42. I thought he was running for President. Not VP.

[lanlady]

44. The letter is DeSantis all over

Snide, rude, arrogant, disrespectful poseur.