Right-wing media fumes over Univision anchor's debate questions | CNN Business
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Republicans are enraged that their safe space was punctured at the second GOP debate by a Univision anchor.

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“Florida’s new black history curriculum says, ‘Slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit,’” she said to Gov. Ron DeSantis. “You have said slaves developed skills in spite of slavery, not because of it. But many are still hurt. For the descendants of slaves, this is personal. What is your message to them?”

She later asked former vice president Mike Pence: “The Department of Homeland Security warns that violence against LGBTQ+ people is on the rise and intensifying. According to a recent study, members of that community are nine times more likely to be victims of violent hate crimes. As president, how would you protect this community from violent attacks and discrimination?”

But the unsparing and frank manner in which she engaged with the Republican field prompted a wave of ferocious backlash from right-wing media figures watching back at home and one of Fox News’ own prime time hosts.

  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
    44·
    1 year ago

    So DeSantis lied and Pence tried to jump on that then answer her question.

    And what assholes told him Florida is number 1 in education?

      • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        311·
        1 year ago

        That link says #14 in K-12 education, which is what the question was about. So this is a perfect example of cherry picking some data (#1 in higher education) that sounds like it proves his point, but not really.

        • DigiDemiFiend@lemmy.world
          26·
          1 year ago

          Additionally, if you click on that #1 Higher Education, it explains that it’s based on the share of citizens who have degrees and student loan debt, which could all have little to do with the colleges in Florida. It also takes graduation rates of Florida colleges into account, which is an important metric, but without some context showing the quality of the programs, it doesn’t mean much.

          • JokeDeity@lemm.ee
            5·
            1 year ago

            So essentially all that metric shows is that people with money who can afford college tend to retire where we all already consider the retirement capital of the county. Neat.

        • PatFusty@lemm.ee
          91·
          1 year ago

          I was just posting what he probably referenced. Its not very nuanced, his voter base isnt going to look too deeply into it…

          Shit even you guys wouldnt have looked into it had I not pointed it out.