Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took a swing at Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., on Thursday whilst continuing to protect the state's new university curriculum that has drawn criticism mainly from the Biden administration and liberals throughout the country more than its strategy to slavery.

All through a campaign end in Iowa, DeSantis gave Donalds an ultimatum: Either he facet with what he refers to as the "Absolutely free State of Florida," or he facet with Vice President Kamala Harris "and liberal media stores" who have railed in opposition to the curriculum, proclaiming it teaches college students that slaves in fact "benefited from slavery."

"So at the conclude of the working day, you acquired to choose. Are you likely to aspect with Kamala Harris and liberal media outlets? Are you likely to side with the point out of Florida?" DeSantis reported. 

"I think it can be pretty clear that these guys did a superior position on those criteria. It was not anything that was politically motivated. These are serious scholars," he reported. "So don't facet with Kamala on that, stand up for your state."

CRITICS UNLEASH ON KAMALA HARRIS' ‘EVIL,’ ‘ASTONISHING LIE’ ABOUT FLORIDA'S College CURRICULUM ON SLAVERY

Vice President Kamala Harris, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla. (Getty Pictures)

The new curriculum states, "Instruction includes how slaves formulated capabilities which, in some scenarios, could be used for their own advantage." The line is just 1 out of 191 other outlined merchandise in the benchmarks. The singling out of that 1 line by Harris all through a excursion to Florida very last week led to many critics accusing her of "brazenly lying," and "deceptive" the American people. 

Nevertheless, Donalds joined Harris by speaking out from the curriculum on Wednesday, arguing "the attempt to function the particular benefits of slavery is wrong & requires to be modified." He known as the rest of the requirements "good, strong and precise."

Donalds' office environment did not instantly respond to WHD News Digital's ask for for remark.

DESANTIS AIDES Struggle BYRON DONALDS Over FLORIDA Education and learning Coverage: ‘DID KAMALA Produce THIS?’

Vice President Kamala Harris rails in opposition to Florida's new Black historical past curriculum all through a speech in Jacksonville, Florida on July 21, 2023. (WHD News)

"We've now witnessed this Kamala Harris lie exposed about Florida's large faculty curriculum. She tried using to demagogue anything that experienced been finished by a large amount of Black history scholars dependable with Florida regulation, expressing we needed solid specifications," DeSantis also explained Thursday.

"[They were] seeking to say that mainly because they experienced a provision declaring that there had been slaves that designed capabilities, even although they mentioned that was in spite of slavery, not since of slavery, that somehow that was whitewashing it when these are persons who've been studying this, and they had been quite truthful with all the things and lots of of them by themselves are African American," he included.

Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn’s "Procedure Major Nunn: Salute to Our Troops" fundraiser on July 15, 2023 in Ankeny, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Pictures)

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WHD News' Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.