DeSantis blasts 'media lies' about Florida's education policies: 'Book ban hoax'

Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., slammed the media for lying to create a false narrative around his decision to ban critical race theory and queer theory in Florida A.P. African America Studies.

"You have the reporter saying that 'Governor DeSantis does not want students to learn about slavery and its aftermath.' Well if you actually looked at what our standards are, not only is it not prohibited to teach that, it's required to teach that," DeSantis said, hitting back at what he called "basically media lies."

The governor's comments come after outlets have reported he was trying to prevent students from learning black history, but DeSantis claims only "woke" curriculums were removed from Florida schools.

"We are required to teach all aspects of black history, not queer theory, but actual aspects of black history... They are lying to you," DeSantis said.