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.
"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.
Byron Donalds speaks about the importance of education in front of a misspelled sign. You can't make this shit up.
The spelling error didn't go unnoticed. Donalds' opponent in the Florida primary, James Fishback, made hay with the unforced spelling error.
Byron Donalds: "Our kids need to be prepared to hit the ground running." Also Byron Donalds: I can't spell "achievability."
Others joined in on the mockery.
I doubt Byron makes his own signs but that ...doesn't make it any better, actually
His staff hates him!!!
They said "read to succeed" nothing about spelling?
Awkward ... Byron Donalds had a Dan Quayle moment?
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? Byron Donald wants to be the next governor of Florida. If elected he promises to get kids reading again. He even has a slogan "Read to Succeed Achieveability." But look closely. He misspelled Achievability!
Hey @FloridaGOP …THIS is your candidate?
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.
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.
