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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,853 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2023, 06:07 PM Feb 2023

DeSantis unveils more crackdown on 'woke' investment practices

Standing behind a podium sign that said “Not Woke Politics,” Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled more policy actions against what he says are elitist grabs in investment practices that harm the state and everyday citizens.

An outspoken critics of so-called environmental, social, and corporate governance companies, the governor said at a press conference in Naples that state lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session will be taking multiple steps in its ongoing crackdown on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment policies that are elitist and discriminatory.

DeSantis, a likely Republican presidential candidate, has sought to capitalize on his opposition to "woke" thinking in corporate board rooms and college classrooms in Florida. Federal courts, however, have blocked his efforts to limit discussions of race, gender and other matters as an unconstitutional violation of free speech, although DeSantis is appealing these losses.

DeSantis said Monday that he expects other states will follow Florida with similar moves against "ESG," which has become a favorite target of conservative media.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/desantis-unveils-more-crackdown-woke-202503581.html

A bit full of yourself DeSantis? Since you hate the environment everyone should go take a big old collective shit on your lawn. Just look at it as fertilizer.

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RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
2. Florida had best start planning for something other than revenue from tourists. Many people
Tue Feb 14, 2023, 06:10 PM
Feb 2023

eventually will not want to step foot in the godforsaken state, FloriDUH.

maxsolomon

(38,752 posts)
3. ESG Investment tries to encourage change towards Sustainability.
Tue Feb 14, 2023, 06:21 PM
Feb 2023

The FL legislature will probably approve whatever he proposes. It's about the Stigginit.

2nd worst person in America.

emulatorloo

(46,155 posts)
4. Hey Ronbo, it is a free country whether you like it or not. You may want to be a dictator, but you
Tue Feb 14, 2023, 06:25 PM
Feb 2023

aren’t.

femmedem

(8,562 posts)
7. Investing with sustainability in mind is elitist and discriminatory? He's talented at gaslighting.
Tue Feb 14, 2023, 06:36 PM
Feb 2023

Up is down and down is up, and everyone knows that environmental disasters hurt the rich more than they hurt the poor.

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