![]() THE STRATEGY: For Harris, aides say, these fast-twitch trips are about demonstrating a sense of urgency and reminding people that she - and, by extension, Biden and the entire federal government - “have their back.” It’s also part of a more consistent trend from the administration of going into enemy turf to call out policies or tout accomplishments. How is it that anyone could suggest that in the midst of these atrocities, that there was any benefit to being subjected to this level of dehumanization?” It involved some of the worst examples of depriving people of humanity in our world. It involved taking a baby from their mother. “Come on - adults know what slavery really involved,” Harris said. Among the targets, inevitably, was DeSantis - though Harris never mentioned him by name, referring to him and other top state Republicans as “extremists” and “people who walk around and want to be praised as leaders.” The end result: Harris gave a fiery speech - without a teleprompter - that both called out the curriculum changes and knocked Florida’s Republican leaders. ![]() It’s a coalition, the official said, that “she will continue to build going forward.” “The VP’s team was intentional about building a speaking program that featured remarks from faith leaders, elected officials, parents, and teachers, all of different races and backgrounds,” a White House official told Playbook. Quickly, the team began piecing the trip together, calling advocates in Florida and across the country to discuss what the program could actually look like (who would join the VP at the event, who else should speak, etc.), checking in every few hours, late into the night. (And not for the first time: Harris pulled a similar move in April to show support for the “Tennessee Three.”) Now, Harris was giving her team just hours. There are intense security and logistical concerns. ![]() Usually, a vice presidential trip takes days, if not weeks, to put together. Now, Harris was ready to throw the weight of her bully pulpit into the fight. Many educators and historians blasted the new standards as sanitizing slavery and omitting key facts about the Black experience in this country. One component was the source of particular outrage: requiring middle schoolers to be instructed that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” One day earlier, Florida’s Board of Education unanimously backed new standards for teaching Black history that would put the state’s curriculum in compliance with the Stop WOKE Act signed into law by Gov. INSIDE HARRIS’ DECISION TO TAKE ON DeSANTIS - During a Thursday morning flight to Indianapolis on Air Force Two, Harris told her staff that she had a last-minute change to her schedule: She wanted to go to Florida the next day to speak about an issue that was personally important to her, and wanted them to figure out the logistics. | Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO via AP Images ![]() ![]() VP Kamala Harris decided she was ready to throw the weight of her bully pulpit into this fight. ![]()
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