WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republicans make their case for the future, they keep getting stuck on the past.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent much of the summer mired in controversy over new educational standards that call for teaching that slaves developed skills that "could be applied for their personal benefit." Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley failed last month to mention slavery as the root cause of the Civil War. And former President Donald Trump last weekend called the Civil War "so fascinating" and said it could have been "negotiated," sidestepping the fundamental dilemma of slavery.
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