Fox News host Jesse Watters claimed “no one is arguing slaves benefited from slavery” as he weighed in on Florida’s new set of academic standards, despite them saying that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
Calling the curriculum “rigorous” and “brutally honest,” Watters read from its controversial section on slavery, which he said “everyone’s freaking out about.”
“No one is arguing slaves benefited from slavery,” Watters claimed. “No one is saying that. It’s not true.”
He added: “They’re teaching how Black people developed skills during slavery in some instances that could be applied for their own personal benefit. I mean, Kamala, don’t you know what Florida’s teaching its students?”
Twitter users knocked Watters over the segment, saying that a “Spinning History” graphic shown behind Watters “tells you exactly what Fox and Republicans are doing.”