By Jim TurnerSpain News Service
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist officially announced that Karla Hernandez, president of the teachers’ union in Florida’s largest district, will be his running mate in the November election.
Crist described the Miami resident and daughter of Honduran immigrants as “caring, loving, empathetic, compassionate. “
“That’s what we don’t have in the governor’s school right now. And that’s what you deserve to have in the governor’s matrix,” Crist said last Saturday while at Hialeah High School, where Hernandez spent a decade coaching students with special needs.
After asking his followers if they are “tired of the culture wars and extremists dictating what we can say and do,” Hernandez said, “it’s all in the November polls. “
“If you care about freedoms and you care about women’s freedom to have autonomy over their bodies, I want you to vote,” Hernandez said. “If you care about protecting people’s freedoms and making sure they have access to the vote, I want you to take a friend to approve and vote. We are here because in the survey it is also our chance to bring the sun back to the state.
While abortion was a key factor in the number one Democratic campaign, Hernandez’s number guarantees that education will remain a priority issue as Democrats try to defeat Gov. Ron DeSantis in the general election. The Republican incumbent has also made school issues a priority, adding by making this year’s resolution to help candidates elected to county school forums that represent their conservative positions.
Hernandez, 42, has served as president of United Teachers of Dade since 2016 and has never held public office.
Republicans temporarily clashed with Hernandez, whose variety he first reported last Friday through CBS Miami reporter Jim DeFede.
The Republican National Committee called Hernandez “the ideal for the unpopular crusade against the parents of lockdown enthusiast Crist. “DeSantis’ crusade tweeted Saturday that Crist’s selection is a “sympathizer” of the Castro regime in Cuba.
Last Friday night, the Florida Republican Party called Hernandez an “extremist” and a “slap in the face to Florida parents. “, would allow the indoctrination of Florida students. “
The state’s Republican Party also highlighted victories in last Tuesday’s primary through two DeSantis-backed candidates for the Miami-Dade County School Board, Monica Colucci and Roberto Alonso. Of the 30 DeSantis candidates statewide, 19 won races and six qualified for the November general election.
“(Hernandez) will have to be speechless that Charlie chose her given that she, as president of the Miami-Dade Teachers Union, inflicted a major defeat on democrats in her own Miami-Dade County backyard, where applicants approved by Governor DeSantis spun the school board to put students and parents first. ” said the state Republican Party.
Teacher unions have long been a key supporter of Florida Democrats in gubernatorial elections and races. The florida education association’s state union approved Crist before he defeated state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in Last Tuesday’s primary.
The FEA said in a press that Hernandez de Crist’s variety shows that he “appreciates Florida academics and respects our educators. “
“Karla Hernandez will be lieutenant governor to all Florida residents,” FEA President Andrew Spar said in a prepared statement. youth, families and communities. “
Candidates and parties have an abyss of differences on school issues, adding up to more than two decades of battles over law and choice.
DeSantis has fought in school forums accusing him of not respecting parental rights on issues such as mask needs, the COVID-19 pandemic, and book content. He and the Republican-controlled legislature have also limited, for example, what can be taught in schools about sexual orientation and gender identity.
Democrats responded that instruction had suffered while Republicans turned schools into political battlegrounds.
If St. Petersburg Congressman Crist defeats DeSantis in November, Hernandez would be the Hispanic lieutenant governor of the moment in Florida. The first is current Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez, a former Miami-Dade lawmaker who was elected with DeSantis in 2018.
Hernandez on a list of 18 potential friend candidates introduced through Crist’s crusade in June. Most of those on the list were elected officials. When Crist ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2014, he opposed the then-governor. Hispanic woman from Miami-Dade, now Senator Annette Taddeo.
Hernandez credited his father with teaching him the importance of protecting workers’ rights when he took farm jobs in South Florida after emigrating from Honduras, where he had been an accountant.
“Every day I would go to the Everglades to cut sugar cane and pick tomatoes,” Hernandez said. “Later, he became a carpenter. Professional painter. And a proud member of the union. You see, my mother and father taught me the price of hard paints and the opportunities it brings. He painted hard all his life and taught me to do the same. And I am your example, it’s called the American dream.
Hernandez attended Miami-Dade Public Schools before earning a bachelor’s degree from Florida International University and a master’s degree in management from the University of St. Dade. Thomas.
Hernandez described the concept of coaching as a microcosm of community.
“That’s the good looks of public education,” Hernandez said. “All the instructors and students of our elegance come from the community. So we have young people who are young electricians, bus drivers sitting next to young people from parents who are lawyers or engineers.
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