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Substitute teacher fired over viral video of empty bookshelves DeSantis called a 'fake narrative' [1]

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Date: 2023-02-20  

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is once again spending his time stomping down on vulnerable folks. In this instance, as reported by The Washington Post, the substitute teacher who went viral for posting a video of empty bookshelves in a middle school library has been fired. Why? Brian Covey, a substitute teacher at Mandarin Middle School, says he has been fired over violating a cell phone and social media policy. What’s notable, here, is that DeSantis referred to the same viral video as a “fake narrative” during a recent press conference.

“That video, that was a fake narrative, that was not true,” DeSantis said at the press conference in Jacksonville, Florida. Seemingly without clarifying who “they” refers to, DeSantis said, “they’re trying to act like somehow we don’t want books.”

Given that the DeSantis administration is pushing book bans and anti-LGBTQ+ laws under the guise of “parental rights” and “parental consent,” it’s actually totally logical why people are acting like he doesn’t want books. (Because that’s how he is acting: like he doesn’t want books, or at least, not certain kinds of books.)

The Duval County Public School district confirmed to local outlet First Coast News in a statement that Covey had been let go because of his social media. It took about three weeks between Covey posting the video on Jan. 27 and his termination.

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