Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Goes to War Against 'Woke Math'

[Celerity]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-gov-ron-desantis-goes-to-war-against-woke-math-in-speech-to-moms-for-liberty-in-tampa

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Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to ignore rumors about a potential 2024 presidential bid. Instead, he turned his ire to “woke math” at a Friday gathering in Tampa for the conservative group Moms for Liberty.

He boasted that, after a recent Department of Education review, woke math books in Florida were sent back to publishers, who “took the woke out and sent us back normal math books.”

“I’m just thinking to myself, like, two plus two equals four, right? It’s not ‘two plus two equals four, well, how do you feel about that? Is that an injustice?’” DeSantis riffed.

“No, we gotta teach the kids to get the right answer.” The anger directed at arithmetic comes as Trumpworld pundits have begun attacking DeSantis for still leaving the door open to a potential presidential primary challenge against Donald Trump.

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[TreasonousBastard]

1. WTF is "woke math"?

[BlueSpot]

10. I think it's when when POC are defined as 1/1 instead of 3/5 n/t

[dameatball]

2. This guy was a nobody at first who barely won against a flawed Democratic candidate. Watching him

become more of a demagogue every day is unsettling. For any of us that may have been thinking the so-called Republican party had hit rock bottom under Trump......maybe we ain't seen nuthin yet.

[gratuitous]

4. The question I have

I'm aware that DeSantis barely squeaked by in his first run for governor, so it would seem that his clownish antics wouldn't win him any more votes when it's time for re-election. Is that happening, or are Florida Democrats poised once again to snatch defeat from gullet of easy victory?

[dameatball]

5. I wish I knew the answer to that. My gut is that Charlie Christ just may be able to be the Joe

Biden-like safe, elder statesman choice if Desantis steps in something. As it stands at the moment, as much as I hate to say it, DeSantis is going to be really tough to beat in this idiotic state. I like Nikki Fried but she seems to be a distant third so far. I'm just hoping that Trump gets his feelings really hurt and tears Desantris down somewhat....and vice-versa.

[obamanut2012]

6. I am afraid he will win

Many, many wingnuts from NY, NJ, and CT have moved herte during covid because they looooove DeSantis. Our rents and house costs are crazed. Home and car insurance and taxes are nuts, all because of these assholes.

We need a hurricane so most leave, like after Irma.

Gwen Graham would beat him. I wish she was running again.

[budkin]

3. This asshole is going to be a problem for many years

He needs shutting down NOW.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Indeed! nt

[XanaDUer2]

8. Woke math? Nt

[tulipsandroses]

9. I bet he prefers math that looks like this ,If Bob had 5 slaves

sold 2 and bought 4 more, how many slaves does Bob have.
Or Susie was raped when she was 9, she is 6 weeks 3 days pregnant. How many abortions can she have?
A. 0
B. 0
C.O
D. All the above.