Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back against claims on Monday that the state banned Anne Frank’s famous World War II-era diary, noting it’s actually on the state’s recommended reading list.

DeSantis responded to a Democratic California state lawmaker who claimed that “The Diary of Anne Frank” was banned in the state.

“This is not the first time a leftist has accused Florida of ‘banning’ a book that is on the state’s recommended reading list,” DeSantis wrote on X. “Another lie debunked.”

DeSantis was responding to California Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener , who posted an article published by The Guardian that stated that the Sunshine State “had the highest rate of book bans nationwide” in 2025.

The outlet claimed the “Diary of Anne Frank” was pulled from the school’s li

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