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Rep. Byron Donalds' Literacy Campaign Sign Contains Major Error
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Spell check can be a political candidate’s best friend, but it’s a lesson that Florida gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds apparently hasn’t learned.
On Saturday, the three-term Republican congressman announced a “Read to Succeed” plan to increase literacy in the Sunshine State.
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“When children learn to read by third grade, you’ve opened every door ahead of them. When they fall behind, those doors of opportunity are closed,” Donalds said during a speech announcing the plan, per Florida Politics. “Florida is choosing to open doors for every child, in every classroom, in every county.”
Donalds paired the announcement with a sign, but apparently nobody in the campaign noticed that the word “achievability” was misspelled as “achieveability.”
Yes, there is video.
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The spelling error didn’t go unnoticed. Donalds’ opponent in the Florida primary, James Fishback, made hay with the unforced spelling error.
Others joined in on the mockery.
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One person noticed that Achieveability is the name of a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that helps low-income, single-parent and homeless families “break the generational cycle of poverty,” and posited that Donalds’ sign was specifically referring to that group. Another user suggested that “AchieveAbility” was a promotional slogan.
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HuffPost reached out to both the Philadelphia organization and Donalds’ campaign, but calls were not immediately returned.
Florida holds its gubernatorial primary on Aug. 18. One poll shows Donalds with a 46-point lead over Fishback.