Category Archives: Ron DeSantis

“We’re putting the people of Florida first, and we’re going to do what’s in their best interest, not whatever the delusions of some wealthy woke CEO wants to do,” DeSantis said.

On Wednesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced legislative proposals and executive actions intended to shield Florida residents from corporations pushing so-called woke agendas as well as companies pushing an environment, social, and corporate governance (ESG) agenda on consumers.

A rising conservative star, DeSantis intends to block such corporations from making changes to society by instituting corporate rules affecting the way that Floridians live their lives — rules that could never be passed by a legislature.

“The leveraging of corporate power to impose an ideological agenda on society represents an alarming trend,” DeSantis said. “From Wall Street banks to massive asset managers and big tech companies, we have seen the corporate elite use their economic power to impose policies on the country that they could not achieve at the ballot box. Through the actions I announced today, we are protecting Floridians from woke capital and asserting the authority of our constitutional system over ideological corporate power.”

[…]

Complete text linked here.