Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor, an African American Democrat, has sided with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over the governor’s decision to block a woke AP African American Studies course from being taught in the state that was being developed by the College Board.

“I think it’s trash,” Proctor said about the course. “There is grave concern about the tone and the tenor of leadership’s voice from the highest spaces in our state being hostile to teaching of African American history.”

“Well frankly I’m against the College Board’s curriculum. I think it’s trash. It’s not African American history. It is ideology,” Proctor continued. “I’ve taught African American history, I’ve structured syllabuses for African American history. I am African American history. And talking about ‘queer’ and ‘feminism’ and all of that for the struggle for freedom and equality and justice has not been no tension with queerness and feminist thought at all.”

The Florida Department of Education recently informed the organization that the course’s content is “inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value,” adding that the state would reconsider the course should the organization make the material “lawful” and “historically accurate.” The course, currently undergoing pilots at five dozen high schools across the nation, is centered upon leftist activism rather than the study of black history.

DeSantis, who signed legislation last year preventing the state’s government schools from teaching discrimination on the basis of race, color, or sex, detailed a number of his concerns with the course in a press conference.

“They’re advocating things like abolishing prisons,” DeSantis said. “Now that’s a radical political position. … It’s not fair to say that somehow abolishing prisons is linked to black experiences, that that’s what black people want. I think they want law and order, just like anybody else wants law and order. So that is more ideology being used under the guise of history, and we want to do history.”

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The Biden administration has reportedly caved to the new Republican-controlled Congress and will allow top Border Patrol chiefs to testify in a hearing next week.

The agents are expected to attend a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing titled, “On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis: A Hearing with Chief Patrol Agents,” where they will share details about what is happening on the U.S. southern border.

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) thanked Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a letter on Tuesday for allowing the agents to testify, a move that was not really optional as Comer was prepared to issue subpoenas to compel their testimonies.

“The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initially sought to prevent Congress from hearing invaluable testimony from Chief Patrol Agents, believing that DHS’s internal protocols superseded Congressional oversight prerogatives,” Comer said. “I am pleased that the DHS is no longer taking such a position, and will make available as witnesses Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez, Rio Grande Valley Sector and Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin, Tucson Sector.”

“These two law enforcement professionals also serve as Lead Field Coordinators for the border regions that collectively include Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California,” Comer added. “I look forward to their attendance at the February 7, 2023 hearing.”

In a statement, Comer slammed the Biden administration’s border policies and vowed to hold the administration accountable.

“The Biden Administration’s radical open borders policies have ignited the worst border crisis in American history. Starting on day one in office, President Biden and his administration rolled back deterrent focused policies, halted the construction of the border wall, gutted interior enforcement, pushed amnesty for illegal immigrants – all of which have made it difficult for U.S. Border Patrol agents to secure the border,” said Comer. “Next week, we will hear firsthand from the Border Patrol about this humanitarian and national security crisis. Oversight Republicans are committed to holding the Biden Administration accountable for its dereliction of duty and look forward to hearing testimony from those on the ground battling this crisis.”