Alyssa Farah Griffin claims DeSantis’s Florida history curriculum undercuts his 2024 campaign
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The View co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin stated Tuesday that Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) recent statements responding to criticism of Florida’s history curriculum have undercut his 2024 presidential run.
The criticism DeSantis responded to centered on a part of the curriculum stating that teachers should include in their lessons how “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” And while several Republican lawmakers have spoken out against this part of the curriculum, including Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), and former Texas Republican Rep. Will Hurd, DeSantis has “doubled down” and “started arguing” with his critics within the Republican Party, Griffin said during Tuesday’s episode of The View.
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“I once liked DeSantis,” Griffin said. “I was like, ‘Oh, he seems interesting.’ He’s revealing himself and he is shrinking the pool of potential voters for himself. It is a bad strategy. I think this is a lane actually — I think Tim Scott or Nikki Haley will overcome him as the No. 2 in the race.”
Griffin also heavily criticized DeSantis and other white lawmakers that “blacksplain” to black Republicans about how they should feel about slavery.
Alyssa Farah Griffin The View (8/1/2023)
Griffin’s comments come after Hurd, who is biracial and is running for president in 2024, stated on Sunday that “anybody that is implying that there was an upside to slavery is insane.” Likewise, Scott, a black Republican who is also running for president in 2024, recently stated that “there’s no silver lining in slavery.”
In addition to predicting DeSantis losing to Scott and Haley, Griffin also predicted that Francis Suarez, the mayor of Miami, will challenge DeSantis for the role of Florida governor, adding that she thinks Suarez “could win.”
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Other criticism that DeSantis is facing includes his refusal to endorse a federal abortion ban during a recent interview. Nonprofit organization Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, which supports a federal ban, slammed the Florida governor over his lack of support for the ban, calling it “unacceptable to pro-life voters.”
A poll released on Tuesday showed DeSantis slipping to 15% support among potential Republican primary voters, as former President Donald Trump continues to dominate the primary race at 58% support. It comes as Trump is facing a superseding indictment from special counsel Jack Smith over allegations he mishandled classified documents after leaving office.