One of the nation’s most successful governors, Ron DeSantis of Florida, won his seat in 2018 with the unlikely support of black female voters. He received 18% of their vote. Their attraction to DeSantis was based in large part on his belief in school choice.
It is a position other Republican candidates for office in 2022 would be wise to follow given parents increasing dissatisfaction with public education’s handling of COVID-19 and the imposition of trendy curricula, such as critical race theory, that appear to be taking root in school districts across America. Doug McKelway reports.
