The Miami Herald reports:
Continuing to target what he calls “woke” corporations, Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to prohibit state investments that use “environmental, social and governance” ratings, which can include taking into account impacts of climate change.
DeSantis plans to have the State Board of Administration, which oversees investments, direct pension-fund managers against “using political factors when investing the state’s money.” So-called ESG policies have drawn criticism from Republicans across the country.
“We want them [fund managers] to invest the state’s money for the best interests of the beneficiaries of those funds, which is, again, the people that are retired cops and teachers and other public employees,” DeSantis said Wednesday during an appearance at a Tampa restaurant.
Read the full article. Yesterday’s move earned DeSantis a slot on Tucker Carlson last night. Which was the point.
Gov. Ron DeSantis slams “woke capital” and ESG: “For every master of the universe who’s prattling on about, you know, no emissions and all this stuff, I don’t see very many of them giving up their private jets.” pic.twitter.com/iDy7wsziLv
— Forbes (@Forbes) July 27, 2022
Perfectly sums up how dangerous Ron DeSantis is: He denounced “wokeness” today but refused to denounce Neo-Nazis waving a Nazi flag and pro-DeSantis signs outside of event he spoke at a few days ago. He has turned Florida into DeSantis-stan https://t.co/CECDdkQFnY
— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) July 28, 2022
“Do we govern ourselves through our constitution and through our elections or do we have these masters of the universe occupying these commanding heights of society?” DeSantis said at a press briefing Wednesday. https://t.co/2zufagk5Ph via @business
— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) July 27, 2022