Ron DeSantis' office has hit back at claims from MSNBC's Joy Reid that the Florida governor used Black children as "props" while publicly signing an anti-Critical Race Theory bill.

The Reidout host suggested in a tweet that DeSantis' team arranged for a group of Black children to stand by the governor as he signed the Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act (Stop WOKE) bill into law on Friday.

While sharing an image of the children holding placards protesting against CRT posted by Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones—who claimed the youths were subjected to "indoctrination"—Reid tweeted that the "mis-use of Black boys is tantamount to child abuse."