Kamala Harris quickly dismissed Ron DeSantis' invite to discuss Florida's controversial education standards: 'There were no redeeming qualities of slavery'

• Vice President Kamala Harris quickly rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis' invite to discuss Florida's education standards.
• Harris has slammed Florida for adopting standards that would teach middle schoolers that enslaved people derived some benefits from slavery.
• "There were no redeeming qualities of slavery," Harris said in Orlando.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday quickly dismissed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' invitation for her to discuss the state's controversial education standards, furthering a fight between the White House and the state.

"I will tell you there is no roundtable, no lecture, no invitation we will accept to debate an undeniable fact: there were no redeeming qualities of slavery," Harris said during an event in Orlando.