Conservatives referred to as out CNN political commentator and former Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., for citing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ rejection of a highschool African Studies program alongside Tyre Nichols’ demise.
In the wake of Memphis officers releasing bodycam footage of the police beating that resulted within the demise of Nichols, 29, earlier in January, Jones claimed “anti-Blackness” was half of the perpetrators’ motives.
“If you think the Memphis police officers had to be white in order to exhibit anti-Blackness, you need to take that AP African American Studies course Ron DeSantis just banned,” Jones wrote Friday on Twitter.
Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Jones was alluding to the 5 officers charged in Nichols’ demise, who have been Black: Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills, Emmitt Martin and Justin Smith. Each face fees together with second-degree homicide.
He additionally referenced DeSantis’ opposition to a highschool AP African Studies course proposed by The College Board. The course comprises notes on Critical Race Theory and queer idea, in accordance to a replica of the syllabus beforehand obtained by Fox News Digital.
The AP course was rejected by the Florida Department of Education from being included in state curriculum as a result of it violated the state’s law barring woke content material in its public colleges, Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. beforehand mentioned, including the state does, nonetheless, require the educating of African-American historical past.
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A Memphis police officer pulling Tyre Nichols out of his automobile on Jan. 7, 2023.
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DeSantis defended the rejection earlier in January, prompting calls from critics that his administration was erasing “all of Black history.”
Jones’ tweet appeared to tie racial grievances over two of the week’s greatest cultural flashpoints, however customers on Twitter weren’t shopping for it.
Prominent conservatives on the platform blasted Jones’ tweet, with some arguing that it really made the case for the Florida Department of Education’s resolution to reject The College Board’s course.
“It’s the thinking FROM that course DeSantis opposed that has people thinking like stupid things like this,” mentioned Washington Examiner columnist Christopher Tremoglie.
Conservative commentator Peter Boghossian wrote: “This is a textbook example of starting from a conclusion and working backward to find evidence that supports that conclusion. In this case it is actually worse as the fallacious process is foisted upon students by authority figures who will grade on conforming to the conclusion.”
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“If you blame white supremacy for black on black crime, you’ve probably taken way too many of those kinds of courses,” The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh wrote.
DeSantis deputy press secretary Jeremy Redfern declared after studying the tweet: “This is next level [clown] [world].”
Fox News’ Taylor Penley and Kendall Tietz contributed to this report.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, waves along with his spouse Casey and their youngsters. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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