Today, as the Florida Department of Education voted to expand Ron DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” rule in schools to include grades 4-12, Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried released the following statement:
“After Ron DeSantis’s attacks on Florida’s public education system have created one of the worst teacher shortages in the country, he and his enablers are pushing an extreme agenda on our schools, students and teachers in his attempt to win over the MAGA base. Instead of working to better our public schools and ensure that all students have full-time educators, DeSantis is executing yet another political stunt in a bid to save his imploding presidential campaign that ultimately does nothing to help our kids.”