DeSantis Campaign Press Release - Ron DeSantis: "This is a book that's in some of the schools in California...This is pornography. It's cartoons. It's aimed at children, and it's wrong. So this should not be in schools."

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – During his debate against Gavin Newsom on Fox News, Ron DeSantis said:

"The role of the school is to educate kids, not indoctrinate kids. It's not to impose an agenda. It's to do the basics. And what we've said in Florida is it's inappropriate to tell a kindergartener that their gender is a choice. It's inappropriate to tell second grader that they may have been born in the wrong body. Now California has that. They want to have that injected into the elementary school. My wife and I have a seven, five and a three year old, but we don't think that that's appropriate. I know most parents do not think it's appropriate. It's also important to respect parental rights to know what curriculum is being used in the classroom, and everything should be age appropriate.

I actually have something that I brought that some parents have objected to. So this is a book that's in some of the schools in California. Florida - this is not consistent with our standards called Gender Queer. Some of its blacked out. You would not probably be able to put this on air. This is pornography. It's cartoons. It's aimed at children, and it's wrong. So this should not be in schools. When people like on the left, say that somehow you're banning books by removing this from a young kids classroom. No, this is not age appropriate. And so we're gonna stand for the rights of parents. I think we need to do that nationwide. I don't think you can have a situation where some states just trample on the rights of parents. Parents have a fundamental right to direct the education and upbringing of their kids."

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