Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced that he has appointed Esther Byrd to the state board of education.
Byrd, of Neptune Beach, is currently a legal assistant and office manager for her husband’s law office, Rep. Cord Byrd. He serves as a Republican lawmaker in the Florida House of Representatives, representing Nassau County and parts of Duval County.
Esther Byrd stirred controversy last year when she tweeted about the siege of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.The tweet read: “In the coming civil wars , team rosters are being filled. Every elected official in DC will pick one. There are only 2 teams… With Us [or] Against Us.”“No, and I laugh because you’re in journalism and people use hyperbole all the time,” Byrd replied. “The speaker of the house has said, and I quote, ‘I just don’t know why there aren’t uprisings all over the country.
Byrd said his wife’s post speaks to a war of ideas or division within the Republican party, not an actual civil war among citizens. Esther Byrd also made comments supportive of QAnon after the couple was photographed on a boat flying a QAnon flag,The Byrds deactivated their Twitter accounts after the backlash as a form of protest but Esther Byrd
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