Between signing the “Don’t Say Gay” bill into law, attacking transgender student athletes and scolding kids for wearing masks, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is doing a bang up job at damaging young people’s lives.
His administration’s latest move to “protect” the youth, however, has become an instant laughing stock.
DeSantis voiced his support after 41% of Florida’s math textbooks were blocked for allegedly teaching “critical race theory.”
“Math is about getting the right answer. It’s not about how you feel about the problem or introducing some of these other things,” he said. “There’s a right answer and there’s a wrong answer.”
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Florida state Rep. Carlos G. Smith was among those who criticized the move, calling for transparency as to how the administration deemed the books inappropriate.
DeSantis press secretary Christina Pushaw — the same person who said opponents of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill were “groomers” — offered these examples of objectionable math problems from Missouri, which last we checked was not in Florida:
This is math homework from a public school district in Missouri. How does this help kids learn algebra, exactly? No wonder China is winning…
(Photo from @CMartinForMO) pic.twitter.com/gKF7Fe9QTr
— Christina Pushaw ?? (@ChristinaPushaw) April 17, 2022
It didn’t take long for the Internet to figure out that Pushaw’s example was total nonsense.
First off, the questions didn’t come from a textbook — they were part of an internet worksheet, as Rep. Smith noted:
#DeSantis had three days to provide basic info on the 54 math books he banned from schools for allegedly “indoctrinating” kids with CRT.
The best his propaganda machine could do was deflect to a Missouri district that apologized for a homework assignment they didn’t approve.?? pic.twitter.com/2KkUqqWMNl
— Rep. Carlos G Smith (@CarlosGSmith) April 18, 2022
Shortly after, someone found the actual worksheet the company had produced, showing it had been edited:
Here’s the picture of the actual math work. The school district altered it to fit their narrative. And now the governor of Florida is using the doctored work to justify banning math books. @AnnaForFlorida pic.twitter.com/ameu7u5Bko
— THEE emanzi🔰 (@emanzi) April 18, 2022
“Here’s the picture of the actual math work,” the commenter wrote. “The school district altered it to fit their narrative. And now the governor of Florida is using the doctored work to justify banning math books.”
Florida Rep. Anna V. Eskamani offered this sobering perspective:
Reminder that as the Governor demonizes math books he just signed a 15 week abortion ban into law, is actively working to pass unconstitutional district maps that erase Floridians & is doing nothing to address the rising cost of rent. So much of this is distraction & deflection.
— Rep. Anna V. Eskamani ? (@AnnaForFlorida) April 18, 2022
cuteguy
The far right progressives are at fault for all this. They pushed Andrew Gollum over Charlie Crist for the Democratic nominee to run against this monster Deathsantis and this was the result. If Charlie Crist had been the nominee, this monster Deathsantis would never have come to power and make Florida a complete joke.
BennyTheHill
The “far right” progressives. I think you mean “far left.”
BennyTheHill
You’re a twit.
DeSantis will probably be your next President and most Florida voters agree with the parental rights/anti-pedophile/anti-grooming law just passed, and they do not want racial propaganda taught in public schools.
WAKE UP!
It’s time to face reality. Democrat strategist James Carville: “The Democrats will be wiped out in a political bloodbath this November.” CNN: “Biden has the lowest approval rating of any elected President: 33%.”
The voters are much smarter – and more in touch with reality – than extreme leftists like you.
Polaro
Ignoring the Benny troll because he is so predictably and purposefully ignorant and off point.
@cuteguy I think you hit the nail on the head. There is usually some crazy person on the far left doing something obnoxious that is then used as the reason the right goes into overkill mode because it is what they do and really is their only strategy. The looney left, of course, then fully embraces the obnoxious crazy thought and doubles down because they can’t avoid a trap even when there is a large neon sign screaming TRAP. For example: defund police and CRT. You know CRT is irrelevant and we should have just walked away from it. Not because it is wrong, but because it is only valid at the university level. If we picked the right candidates we’d be beating the fascists. We can’t win when we can’t even stand behind our president. Our allies are our problem.
ZzBomb
You really got to wonder about some of these people’s upbringing that they feel it is okay to lie so easily and seemingly without recourse. But like others before Christina Pushaw, their actions will come back to haunt to them later.
BennyTheHill
Lie? The leftists spread more lies than anyone.
Polaro
Ah, Benny, you are deluded. Sad.
Mister P
Far right is to blame for sure. I’m not sure what a far right progressive is though.
Robert Bradley
I’m struggling with that, too? WTF IS THAT?
jt1990
The far Right isn’t perfect, but the far Left is far off for sure! Maybe it’s the so called cuckservatives that cuteguy is referring to? But who knows, the fellow is always posting nonsense!
BennyTheHill
If the left didn’t support these fringe issues, it would be doing better.
Bosch
If you can only support your argument with lies and fabrications, maybe there’s something with the argument.
GreekKeys
Transgenderists on line one.
johncp56
Scummy sticky creepy Fool
Kangol2
Dumb as bricks, duplicitous as thieves, strangely obsessed with pedophilia, incapable of grappling with the truths of history, and with way too much power: today’s RepubliQan Party!
BennyTheHill
DeSantis is a graduate of Harvard and Yale. He’s NOT dumb. He’s also a war hero and veteran. He’s going to coast into the White House in 2024.
white-queer-african
The GOP should be renamed the GOF.
Great Old Failure! One just cannot comprehend since the Orange turd’s entrance how the Republican (sic) Party representatives, most, have lowered themselves to the level they currently at. The BS they spew to keep the chosen one, Dumph, happy and stay in his good books. The man is a FRAUD!
Now folks I know Fake Tits Twit @BennyTheHill is going to respond. My obession with it. LOL.LOL.LOL.
As previously stated, it is not just a fake and a fraud but also delusional. Just like the GOP / GOF.
As for DeSantis, a Dumph clone!
BennyTheHill
The GOP is a failure? You won’t be saying that in November when the Republicans take back control of Congress.
🙂
RoughRugger
Um…Benny? You DO realize that success/failure are quite often measured in ways OTHER than one’s success in grifting/frauding one’s way into elected office…right??
BennyTheHill
RoughRugger:
I hope that way of thinking is consolation for you and the other leftists when the Republicans take back control of the House and Senate this November.
Frbernie
All I can say is sad, sad, sad! This entire scenario is similar to “Nero fiddled while Rome burned”
BennyTheHill
Joe Biden fiddles while Rome burns.
Robert Bradley
Fvck the gop(pets)
jt1990
Picking on one of the best and most well-liked governors in the nation isn’t going to help your cause very much Queerty! DeSantis isn’t perfect, but we all appreciate the many good calls he has made here in Florida. But I really don’t see a problem with the math his press secretary criticized. Lots of minority kids fail to comprehend school subjects. Nothing wrong with a bit of ghetto talk if it helps the little hoodrats learn that math!
Bosch
Most well-liked governor in the nation, according to a racist who says the far right “isn’t perfect”.
If your mission here is to remind us that white right-wingers are the trash of our race, then you’re succeeding.
BennyTheHill
jt1990:
The extreme leftists here who oppose Florida’s anti-grooming/anti-pedophile law and support critical race theory will get their comeuppance this November for sure when the Republicans retake control of Congress.
These leftists are out of touch with what the American people are thinking and what they’re angry about: soaring inflation, soaring gas prices, soaring crime rates, soaring homelessness, soaring illegal immigration, etc… They’re in denial!
BennyTheHill
According to St. Pete’s Polls: Ron DeSantis has a 54% approval rating, while CNN reports that Biden has the lowest approval rating of any elected President at 33%.
I’m looking forward to a President Ron DeSantis in the White House. He has a Latina wife, speaks fluent Spanish so he can address Latinos in their own language, he’s a devout Catholic so he’ll get the Catholic vote, he’ll get the ethnic voters in the northeast and Midwest, he’ll clean up in the South, and he’ll get a lot of Western states because he’s seen as much more moderate and politically disciplined than Trump. Plus, he’s a Yale and Harvard graduate and a veteran.
🙂
Bosch
@Benny I see you’re up here pretending that the republicans are anti-pedophile again. As if we forgot about Mike Huckabee, Jim Jordan, Josh Duggar, Matt Gaetz, George Nader, Ruben Verastigui, Tim Nolan, Ralph Shortey, Ben Gibson, Adam Hageman, Mark Foley, Roy Moore, Dennis Haster, and Anton Lazzaro,
radiooutmike
Hoodrats?
Why not just turn public schools into child prisons and everyone else can be in a Christian Charter School?
BennyTheHill
Bosch:
You’re being libelous. NONE of those people have ever been found guilty of anything. Now, Joe Biden could also fit into that category if we’re being reckless with our accusations. (Biden’s daughter’s diary even mentions taking showers with her father as a teenage girl!!! – Look this up; it’s a FACT!!!) Plus: NONE of the people you listed are opposed to the Florida parental rights/anti-pedophile/anti-grooming law. Face it. The PUBLIC has turned against you leftists on this issue. A majority of Americans support this law and so does a majority of Democrat voters.
Radiooutmike:
Most private, religious, and charter schools do a much better job of educating their students than the public schools. Public school educrats are more consumed with teaching transgender propaganda than teaching reading, writing, and ‘rithmatic, and that’s why parents are as mad as Hell.
Bosch
@benny
“NONE of those people have ever been found guilty of anything”
You’re not very bright, are you? Or terrible at googling.
Mike Huckabee excused child abuse. Jim Jordan let students be abused. Gaetz us currently in court. The rest have been found guilty, most have served time.
Pedo apologist.
Bosch
“NONE of the people you listed are opposed to the Florida parental rights/anti-pedophile/anti-grooming law. ”
Yeah dumbass, that’s the point. Pedophiles support this bill. It’s a bill made by pedophiles. It keeps kids dumb, shameful, and secretive, so they don’t spill the beans when people like you molest them.
BennyTheHill
Bosch:
1. “Mike Huckabee excused child abuse. Jim Jordan let students be abused. Gaetz us currently in court. The rest have been found guilty, most have served time.” Citations from OBJECTIVE sources, please???
2. Most Americans support this law and so do most registered Democrats. Admit it: YOU LOST!!!
Bosch
@Benny
These people’s criminal records are public domain. You don’t know how to use the internet?
Good job defending ACTUAL child molesters a third time, you piece of trash.
BennyTheHill
Bosch:
You never addressed these two comments of mine because you know I’m stating facts:
1. Joe Biden’s daughter’s misplaced diary (which was found in a hotel room she used) mentions taking naked showers with her father as a teenage girl. That’s abhorrent and disgusting and it proves that Biden is a pedophile!!! This will all come out in the 2024 election if Biden isn’t too demented to run again.
2. Most Americans support the Florida parental rights/anti-pedophile/anti-grooming law and so do most registered Democrats!!!
Bosch
Because, Benny, your two points are miniscule when compared to the fact that you defend ACTUAL convicted child abusers.
Trash.
BennyTheHell
BenntTheHill is just hilarious. I get my doily laffs from her raunts thet make no scents. And is the gay lover of Desantas. Ass up much dude, you knew?
BennyTheHill
I’m the most talked about and referenced commenter here at Queerty.
That means I’m doing a GREAT job. I’m getting under your skin and driving you to distraction.
LOL!!!
🙂
Bosch
No, Benny. The fact that you find it necessary to reply to everyone’s messages means WE are doing a great job and YOU need a lot of attention.
Dumbass.
Polaro
The fact that this was not an approved document doesn’t matter, it does exist and becomes the seed for the crazies to grow a conspiracy. It is stuff like this that gives the fascists oxygen. It’s like the one teacher that was pushing young fem gay boys to consider they are trans girls who ended up being the genesis of the don’t say gay law. I’m flabbergasted at where we are. All this gender craziness has emboldened the nuts to push their fringe ideas – which happens a lot on QUEERTY. Everyone is unique, everyone does not get their own gender and pronouns. It is stuff like this that makes us lose politically.