Fox News Host Confronts Ron DeSantis on Florida 'Banning Books'
Ron DeSantis was confronted on his stance on the matter in a Fox News interview on Sunday.DeSantis, a Republican who is running for president in 2024, has been an outspoken critic when it comes to removing books from Florida schools that he has deemed inappropriate and has since faced backlash over a law passed last year requiring teachers to remove books that do not appear on a state-approved reading list until they are reviewed by an employee with a media specialist certificate.
School officials across the Sunshine State have scrambled to comply with the law, with some saying it has created confusion about which books are allowed in the classroom.Republicans have said the legislation prevents students from obtaining books that are not age-appropriate, but critics view the law as an attempt to stifle discussion about issues including race, gender, and the LGBTQ+ community in public schools, raising concerns that many topics may be censored by this law, which has been met with staunch opposition from Democrats.In a Sunday interview with Fox News host Shannon Bream, the Florida governor maintained that books have not been outright banned in the state, but rather a simple removal of what he says are "inappropriate" books from the classroom."I was at a gathering of women the other night, but one of them said, 'I think it's terrible in Florida that they are banning books.' She has a child that's in the LGBTQ community and said, 'I don't want my child to go somewhere like that,'" Bream said.In response, DeSantis emphasized his stance and said, "First of all there has not been a single book that has been banned in the state of Florida, that is a media hoax.
To take a book out of a fourth grade classroom that is pornographic because it is not appropriate for kids at that age is not banning the book.
You're free to do that as an adult if that is what you want to do."While being asked by Bream on the decision to remove books from certain age groups citing concerns from.
