Conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly fumed against a Florida school district's decision to pull two of his books while officials determine
Conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly fumed against a Florida school district’s decision to pull two of his books while officials determine whether they run afoul of a state law he supported.
Escambia County School District has at least temporarily removed more than 1,000 titles from its shelves because those books have been “alleged to contain pornography or obscene depictions of sexual conduct.” Those include O’Reilly’s Killing Jesus: A History and Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the law in March 2022.
“Unfortunately, we’ve seen some books in some of these libraries, I mean you’re talking about kids in middle school, some of the stuff that has ended up there is incredibly, incredibly disturbing stuff,” DeSantis said at the time.
Reached for comment by Newsweek on Friday, O’Reilly expressed his displeasure.
“It’s absurd,” he told the publication. “Preposterous.”
