On Wednesday, April 17, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation requiring the history of communism to be taught in lower classes. It marked the 63rd anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion being launched by the United States. That, however, was an unsuccessful attempt to topple Fidel Castro’s regime in Cuba.
“We’re going to tell the truth about communism in the state of Florida”
“We know that the Bay of Pigs was launched because the island of Cuba had succumb to communist tyranny,” DeSantis stated during a press conference at the Hialeah Gardens Museum, according to USA Today. The museum honors the actions of the Bay of Pigs’ Assault Brigade 2506.
“We’re going to tell the truth about communism in the state of Florida. We’re going to tell the truth about the evils of communism,” DeSantis added.
DeSantis’ website states that SB 1264, “adds to existing Communist history standards with instruction on the history of Communism in the United States and the tactics of Communist movements.” Further, it “authorizes the newly-established Institute for Freedom in the Americas at Miami Dade College to promote the importance of economic and individual freedoms as a means to advance human progress—specifically in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
The institute is reportedly planning a collaboration with Florida International University‘s Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom. The bill’s website states that it “enables the Florida Department of State, in collaboration with the Florida Department of Education, to recommend to the Legislature the creation of a Florida-based museum on the history of Communism” and “prepares students to withstand indoctrination on Communism at colleges and universities.”
“The truth will set us free,” said DeSantis on his website. “We will not allow our students to live in ignorance, nor be indoctrinated by Communist apologists in schools. To the contrary, we will ensure students in Florida are taught the truth about the evils and dangers of Communism.”
