Sarasota County, FL School Board meeting draws big protest vs book bans, fundamentalist takeover

Video-protesting outside the Sarasota County School Board meeting before some went inside to speak 1 min 47 sec

On the 18th of April, a Sarasota County, FL School Board meeting drew a huge protest against book bans, the anti-trans hate coming from all but one Board member, and a proposed takeover of New College at DeSantis' urging by an outfit called Vermillion, which is tied to far-right Hillsborough College.

Thomas, the sole friendly member of the school board, stated at the rally that "church activity" has no place in government. Protesters explicitly called the anti-trans, book banning/burning members of the School Board Fascists and even Nazis. It is historically accurate (as shown in the video here) that the Nazis were prolific book burners.

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