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A group of mask opponents speak outside a Broward County School Board meeting on Wednesday.
The Broward County school board is defying Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis by requiring masks, triggering yet another battle between local elected officials and state leaders over COVID-19 policy.
Masks will be mandatory in Broward County public schools when students and teachers return to classrooms next month, according to a Wednesday decision from the school board that sets up a potential conflict with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
In an email to WLRN, a spokesperson for DeSantis doubled down on the governor s recent threat to call a special legislative session to stop any school district from imposing mask mandates.
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On Monday, NBC’s
3rd Hour Today show openly campaigned for a left-wing Florida teenager running for a seat on the Broward County School Board and making radical Critical Race Theory one of his top issues. The glowing profile piece, which amounted to an in-kind political donation, dismissed “conservative” concerns about CRT and touted the high school student’s long-term goal of being elected president.
“This morning, we are introducing you to a south Florida teen who’s vying to win a seat on the local county school board,” co-host Dylan Dreyer announced in the 9:00 a.m. ET hour. Fellow co-host Craig Melvin excitedly chimed in and touted a key part of the 17-year-old candidate’s platform:
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