Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will boycott media appearances on NBC Information and MSNBC reveals, based on his press group, till one of many community’s star reporters apologizes for a query she posed concerning the governor’s schooling insurance policies.
“There will likely be no consideration of something associated to NBC Common or its associates till and not less than Andrea Mitchell corrects the blatant lie she made concerning the governor,” DeSantis’s press secretary, Bryan Griffin, mentioned in an e-mail to the community that he posted on Twitter.
The “lie” that the DeSantis camp is protesting is a query Mitchell put to Vice President Harris final week, through which she requested: “What does Governor Ron DeSantis not learn about Black historical past and the Black expertise when he says that slavery and the aftermath of slavery shouldn’t be taught to Florida schoolchildren?”
Mitchell later mentioned her questioning was “imprecise” however didn’t explicitly apologize. The Hill has reached out to NBC for additional remark.
Griffin mentioned NBC and its associates should “show a constant observe file of truthful reporting” earlier than DeSantis, who has had an typically acrimonious relationship with the mainstream media, agrees to future appearances.
