Karla Hernandez-Mats, the running mate of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> gubernatorial candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/charlie-crist" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Charlie Crist</a> (D), is facing backlash after videos surfaced showing her effectively mocking special needs students as &#8220;dysfunctional.&#8221;
Hernandez-Mats suggested during a campaign event in Cape Coral that she was qualified to be state&#8217;s next lieutenant governor because she used to be a special education teacher.
&#8220;I&#8217;m a teacher, I am a sp-ed teacher, so my major was emotionally-handicapped education, okay? That by itself qualifies me to deal with the dysfunctional legislature,&#8221; Hernandez-Mats <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/charlie-crists-running-mate-being-sp-ed-teacher-qualifies-me-deal-with-dysfunctional-legislature" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a video that was first obtained by Fox News. &#8220;[It&#8217;s] a unique set of, uh, you know, skill sets in order to deal with them.&#8221;
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DISGUSTING: Karla Hernandez-Mats says because she’s a “sped teacher” that makes her qualified to “deal with the dysfunctional Legislature”
Charlie Crist really knows how to pick ‘em! <a href="https://t.co/vL61WSObbl">pic.twitter.com/vL61WSObbl</a>
&mdash; Brendon Leslie (@BrendonLeslie) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrendonLeslie/status/1570083097202262020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
Hernandez-Mats has reportedly made the remarks at least three times in public, according to the DeSantis War Room.
“So, I became a special education,” she said at a separate event. “My major was emotionally-handicapped education, and so that by itself uniquely makes me qualified to deal with dysfunctional legislators.”
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Charlie Crist&#39;s running mate, <a href="https://twitter.com/KarlaforFlorida?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KarlaforFlorida</a>, really thinks this &quot;joke&quot; at the expense of her special education students is hilarious. So funny she&#39;s told it in public at least 3 times
Karla, kids with disabilities are humans&#8230;not a punchline to mock your political opponents. <a href="https://t.co/UnucICCoqG">pic.twitter.com/UnucICCoqG</a>
&mdash; DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeSantisWarRoom/status/1570151245142188041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis">Ron DeSantis&#8217;</a> (R) wife, Casey DeSantis, slammed Hernandez-Mats over the remarks in a post on social media Wednesday afternoon.
&#8220;Sickened by callous words from someone who claims to be an advocate for children,&#8221; the first lady wrote. &#8220;Karla, saying children w/ unique abilities are &#8216;dysfunctional&#8217; &amp; equating them to political opponents is a new low. I will make it my mission to let all parents know of the &#8216;hate in your heart.’”
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Sickened by callous words from someone who claims to be an advocate for children.
Karla, saying children w/ unique abilities are “dysfunctional” &amp; equating them to political opponents is a new low.
I will make it my mission to let all parents know of the “hate in your heart.”
&mdash; Casey DeSantis (@CaseyDeSantis) <a href="https://twitter.com/CaseyDeSantis/status/1570105272303259648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
Hernandez-Mats is the president of the Miami-Dade County teachers union and has a history of making highly controversial remarks.
She previously claimed in a tweet that &#8220;many in Cuba mourn[ed]&#8221; the death of oppressive communist dictator Fidel Castro.
She recently <a href="https://flvoicenews.com/crist-running-mate-karla-hernandez-mats-deletes-tweet-saying-many-mourn-castros-death-then-compared-desantis-to-castro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deleted</a> the tweet after it resurfaced and sparked a headache for the campaign.
The Daily Wire published an interview with Casey DeSantis on Wednesday in which Florida&#8217;s first lady launched a campaign to unite mother&#8217;s against the political Left&#8217;s extreme agenda.
“It’s one thing when you come after a mama,” Casey DeSantis said in an interview with The Daily Wire following her “Mamas for DeSantis” event in Coral Gables. “It’s another thing if you come after her kids.”
Casey DeSantis <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/first-lady-casey-desantis-launches-mamas-for-desantis-largest-movement-parents-florida-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched</a> “Mamas for DeSantis” in late June, an initiative accompanying her husband’s reelection campaign to spur Florida’s “moms, grandmas, abuelas, nanas” to get involved in the governor’s 2022 re-election.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-gubernatorial-candidate-charlie-crist-portrays-himself-as-jesus-christ-fighting-against-desatan">Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Crist Portrays Himself As Jesus Christ Fighting Against ‘DeSatan’</a>

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