Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got into a car crash on Tuesday morning in Tennessee on the way to an event, his campaign manager said.
According to spokesman Bryan Gryphon, neither he nor his group sustained any injuries.
Gryphon added in a statement, “We appreciate the prayers and well wishes of the nation for his ongoing security while on the campaign trail.”
DeSantis has recently been in news for attempting to rewrite Black history.
As extensive criticism of the state’s new Black history education standards increased on Monday, including warnings of potential legal action from a collection of civil and religious leaders, Florida authorities dug in and defended the standards.
The issue is being used by Democrats, black leaders, and some Republicans to criticise Gov. Ron DeSantis and his aspirations for the White House. They are focusing on the new standards that demand middle school students be taught that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
While this is going on, the DeSantis administration is making an effort to paint objections of the history standards as dishonest and a political ruse by Democrats like Vice President Kamala Harris to defame Florida.
The debate over how and what to teach children in America has become even more polarised as a result of the teaching standards, drawing Florida and DeSantis back into the fray. Republicans have praised DeSantis and state education officials for supporting divisive educational policies, such as promoting Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, also known as “Don’t Say Gay,” restricting racial education, and prohibiting colleges and universities from funding numerous diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. However, because of these measures, Democrats and civil rights organisations have demonised the governor and Florida and threatened to boycott the state.
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The new teaching guidelines, which the Florida Board of Education unanimously passed last week, are the most recent effort by state authorities to control how pupils are taught about race in public schools. A Florida Department of Education workgroup developed them to align with the so-called Stop WOKE Act, which DeSantis specifically requested in 2022 to target lessons over issues like “white privilege” by establishing new protections for students and employees. One of these protections states that a person should not be instructed to “feel guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress” because of their race, colour, sex, or national origin.
