This Week in South Florida: Karla Hernandez-Mats

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – By the time Charlie Crist officially named Miami-Dade Teachers Union President Karla Hernandez-Mats as his running mate for lieutenant governor, the opposition had already launched.

Crist’s choice meant to send a signal that he’ll focus on education as a major policy issue in the race, but the DeSantis campaign quickly made the educator the issue.

The attack on Hernandez-Mats was fast and furious, calling her a “union boss,” a “radical leftist,” a lover of Fidel Castro and too close to a fellow teacher and union steward found guilty of sexually assaulting some of his students.

Hernandez-Mats joined This Week in South Florida hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg to discuss, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.


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Glenna Milberg joined Local 10 News in September 1999 to report on South Florida's top stories and community issues. She also serves as co-host on Local 10's public affairs broadcast, "This Week in South Florida."

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