During Sunday's edition of CNN's State of the Union, fill-in anchor Kasie Hunt sneered at Republican 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy when he pointed out that this manufactured controversy surrounding Florida educational standards requiring students be taught that slaves benefitted from slavery was simply media spin. He made the wise observation that people should read the curriculum and not rely on what the leftist media is regurgitating. Hunt didn't like that and falsely claimed the criticisms of the Florida educational curriculum came from African-Americans in the Republican Party like South Carolina Senator Tim Scott. While it's true Scott has jumped on the bandwagon by attacking Florida and Governor Ron DeSantis for political gain, this lie that slavery is being taught in a positive light in Florida started with the leftist media and Vice President Kamala Harris.
After airing a soundbite from Senator Scott, Hunt asked Ramaswamy if he was "with Governor Ron DeSantis or Senator Tim Scott on this issue." Ramaswamy used common sense in response to Hunt's attempt to drag him into this political argument: "The reality is, I don't trust the media's filtering of what was in that curriculum, so I’d really want to read it in detail and understand what exactly was being taught," Ramaswamy said. "But I will say this: I don't think that the division should be, are you with the state of Florida, which was Governor DeSantis' response, or the other side? I don’t see it that way, I stand on the side of truth."
He then pivoted and expressed his interest in reforming America's educational standards:
Obviously, we should be teaching kids about the awful legacy of slavery, but even more importantly, we're not teaching them enough about the ideals that actually do define this country. Personally, I think the deeper problem in our schools today is many of them teaching young black kids, students, and minorities that they're oppressed, based on the color of their skin or their genetic attributes. That's the real psychological slavery in the present, and that's what I have the biggest problem with. But I do think that some of these issues and these spats can be distractions from what should Governor DeSantis or Tim Scott or myself or others should actually be debating. How do we grow an economy? How do we actually lift all people up, revive self-confidence and pride in the next generation of Americans? That's what I think we need to be focused on.
Hunt couldn't help herself and interjected by lying: "I'm going to move on here. I do think it is worth underscoring that these criticisms have not come that we’re quoting here, have not come from the media, they have come from African-Americans in the Republican Party, Senator Tim Scott, Congressman John James."
The media is entirely in the tank for the Democrat Party. That includes lying about Republicans and their legislative proposals. This is just the latest example of them jumping in to help the Democrats (in this case Kamala Harris).
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The transcript is below:
CNN’s State of the Union
7/30/2023
9:07:36 a.m. EasternKASIE HUNT: Are you with Governor Ron DeSantis or Senator Tim Scott on this issue, sir?
VIVEK RAMASWAMY: The reality is, I don't trust the media's filtering of what was in that curriculum, so I’d really want to read it in detail and understand what exactly was being taught. But I will say this: I don't think that the division should be, are you with the state of Florida, which was Governor DeSantis' response, or the other side? I don’t see it that way, I stand on the side of truth. Obviously, we should be teaching kids about the awful legacy of slavery, but even more importantly, we're not teaching them enough about the ideals that actually do define this country. Personally, I think the deeper problem in our schools today is many of them teaching young black kids, students, and minorities that they're oppressed, based on the color of their skin or their genetic attributes. That's the real psychological slavery in the present, and that's what I have the biggest problem with. But I do think that some of these issues and these spats can be distractions from what should Governor DeSantis or Tim Scott or myself or others should actually be debating. How do we grow an economy? How do we actually lift all people up, revive self-confidence and pride in the next generation of Americans? That's what I think we need to be focused on.
HUNT: I'm going to move on here. I do think it is worth underscoring that these criticisms have not come that we’re quoting here, have not come from the media, they have come from African-Americans in the Republican Party, Senator Tim Scott, Congressman John James.
