DeSantis 'politicizing' education by teaching kids the 'evils' of communism, NBC anchor Chuck Todd claims
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NBC’s Chuck Todd suggested that Gov. Ron DeSantis is politicizing education after the Florida politician announced efforts to teach about communist regimes.
"We're also the first state in the country to establish every November 10, the day in our schools is earmarked to teach our students at all grade levels about the evils of communist regimes throughout history we're going to tell the truth about Marxism and Leninism," DeSantis said. Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.
Todd suggested that this initiative in particular appears to be DeSantis "going out of his way" to politicize teaching.
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