According to a New York Times report, Ron DeSantis was a teacher and coach at a prestigious private school in Georgia when one of his students said he was hostile to her because of her race.
According to the Times, DeSantis was well-liked by his students when he was a teacher at the school.
Danielle Pompey told the Times that while teaching history and government, DeSantis liked to debate controversial subjects.
"Like in history class, he was trying to play devil's advocate that the South had good reason to fight that war, to kill other people, over owning people." He was trying to say that it was not okay to own people.
According to the Times, Pompey said that she felt that she was treated differently because she was black.
Pompey said Mr. Ron was hostile towards him. I was passive because I was black.
Pompey told the Times that she thought she and DeSantis would be similar since they were both from out of state.
Pompey said that he had a chance to show people in the South that we can blend. He didn't seem to want to do that.
Gates Minis, a former student of DeSantis's in the same class, said she remembered some of his debates about the Civil War and thought he was incorrect. Minis corrected him that her hometown of Savannah was not burned down when he said that every city in the South burned during the war.
A third student, who spoke to the Times on the condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions at his job, said that a group of students made a video mocking him over his Civil War antics.
The Civil War was not about slavery according to the student in the video. The economic systems were competing. One of the students fell asleep in the class. The student who helped make the video told the Times they didn't have any footage of the claims being made.
Insider's request for comment was not responded to by a spokesman for the congressman.
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