Gov. Ron DeSantis targets 'woke' Sarasota School Board member for 2024 election [View all]
In the 2022 elections, three conservative candidates backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis' endorsements easily won seats on the Sarasota County School Board. Now, the governor is targeting the last Democrat remaining on the board.
During a strategy session Tuesday with Florida House Speaker Paul Renner, Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler, and Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice, co-founders of the conservative activist group Moms for Liberty, DeSantis announced his 2024 school board target list. The list included Edwards and 13 other school board members in Florida the governor said do not protect parental rights or protect students from "woke" ideologies. Christian Ziegler's wife, Sarasota School Board Chairwoman Bridget Ziegler, was also a co-founder of Moms for Liberty and received DeSantis' backing in her re-election campaign last year.
Edwards finds himself often as the dissenting vote on Sarasota School Board decisions, with the conservative majority comprised of Ziegler, Tim Enos, Robyn Marinelli and Karen Rose. Each of the four are registered Republicans, while Edwards is a Democrat.
Edwards said he wasn't sure why DeSantis would target him or see him as a threat since he said conservatives already control the board.
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/22/sarasota-school-board-member-tom-edwards-is-desantis-election-target/69931908007/
DeSantis continues to burnish his fascist credentials.
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