A Pinellas teacher brought a gun to school. Was it a political statement?

Betty Jo Soto walked out of jail flanked by television reporters Monday night, after posting $500 bail. She covered her face with pieces of white paper, mostly ignoring the barrage of questions about why she brought a loaded gun and two knives to her fourth grade classroom at Starkey Elementary School.

Then she uttered four words captured in a video by WFLA Channel 8: "Ask DeSantis. Your governor."

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