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Not a hoax
Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to falsely claim that book banning in Florida is a hoax. Yet in 2023, Florida led the nation with 1,406 books banned in schools, surpassing Texas as the number one book banning state in the nation, according to PEN America.
Banned Book “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants”
Gov. DeSantis may try to shift blame for censorship bills he signed, but we know the truth: Florida leads the nation in book bans like this one out of Orange County because he continues to push an anti-freedom to learn agenda.
Banned Book “100 Women Who Made History”
It’s the start of Women’s History Month, yet because of laws enacted by Gov. DeSantis and his legislative allies, students in Escambia County are banned from accessing this awesome book and 1,500 others.
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