DeSantis Vetoes Civic Education Bill Passed Unanimously After 'National Review' Op-Ed

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shocked his fellow members of the Republican party when he vetoed a bill that this week would have established a more robust practicum for Florida high schoolers to learn about civics.

The "civic literacy education" bill (SB 146), introduced by Senator Jeff Brandes of St. Petersburg, easily passed the state's House and Senate with unanimous support from both parties and was expected to be signed by DeSantis Tuesday.

Instead, DeSantis said in a veto statement obtained by Newsweek, "The proposed bill seeks to further so-called 'action civics' but does so in a way that risks promoting the preferred orthodoxy of two particular institutions."

"I don't understand what that means," Brandes said in response to the veto letter. "I think it's purposely opaque." He also said he was "shocked" by the veto, and that DeSantis' explanation was "amorphous at best."

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