Now that he’s out of the national spotlight having failed in his presidential run, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis needs help getting out of the culture war he started. Saying that he wants to “prohibit bad actors in school leadership positions from intentionally depriving students of an education by politicizing the book review process,” DeSantis asked the state legislature to jigger with the book-banning law he signed to enflame hatred against the LGBTQ, Black and other communities so the law prevents people from petitioning to ban books with violent or sexual content. Like the Bible.
West Palm Beach’s Fox affiliate WFLX reports DeSantis wants to target a handful of “bad actors” who, he says, are abusing the law for their personal political purposes, very much unlike the intent of DeSantis’s law which was for his personal political purposes. “I am calling on the Legislature to make necessary adjustments so that we can prevent abuses in the objection process and ensure that districts aren’t overwhelmed by frivolous challenges” to books like the Bible, Johnny Appleseed and “The Giver,” DeSantis said.