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Ritch Workman references his battle to remove “pro-Muslim textbooks” out of Brevard County schools in new ad

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In the summer of 2013, Melbourne GOP Representative Ritch Workman made an issue out of a textbook used in Advanced Placement history classes in Brevard County, claiming it displayed a pro-Islam bias. In a new ad promoting his run for the Senate District 17 contest, the Republican refers to that opposition. A narrator references Workman’s sponsoring $500 million in tax cuts, boasts about getting rid of the Department of Community Affairs, supports ethics reform, led the fight to abolish Common Core and then…

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