{"id":1925155,"date":"2023-05-05T19:12:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T23:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-canning-esg-to-cracking-down-on-crime-heres-the-major-wins-desantis-scored-for-floridians-this-week\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T19:18:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T23:18:32","slug":"from-canning-esg-to-cracking-down-on-crime-heres-the-major-wins-desantis-scored-for-floridians-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-canning-esg-to-cracking-down-on-crime-heres-the-major-wins-desantis-scored-for-floridians-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis secures major wins for Floridians, from ESG to crime crackdown."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrom-canning-esg-to-cracking-down-on-crime-heres-the-major-wins-desantis-scored-for-floridians-this-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1925155&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Takes Bold Action to Combat Crime and Leftist Ideology<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is making headlines this week for signing a series of bills aimed at cracking down on crime and combating the left\u2019s ideological rampage through America\u2019s corporate sector.<\/p>\n<h3>Cracking Down on Crime<\/h3>\n<p>On Monday, Governor DeSantis signed into law a measure (HB 1297) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-backed-stricter-death-penalty-bill-could-prompt-supreme-court-review\/\" title=\"DeSantis-backed stricter death penalty bill could prompt Supreme Court review\">allowing capital punishment<\/a> for individuals convicted of sexual battery against minors under the age of 12. This legislation directly challenges the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s 5-4 ruling in the 2008 Kennedy v. Louisiana, which \u201cprohibited the death penalty in such cases when the victim survived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think that in the worst of the worst cases, the only appropriate punishment is the ultimate punishment, and so this bill sets up a procedure to be able to challenge that precedent,\u201d DeSantis said. The signing of HB 1297 was part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-criticizes-white-house-for-border-crisis\/\" title=\"NYC Mayor Eric Adams slams White House over border crisis.\">press conference focused<\/a> on Florida\u2019s \u201canti-crime, pro-public safety\u201d legislation.<\/p>\n<p>During the Monday event, DeSantis also signed HB 1627 and HB 1359. While the former would strengthen Florida\u2019s bail laws and protect Floridians from bail reforms favored by soft-on-crime, leftist prosecutors, the latter would enhance punishments for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-canning-esg-to-cracking-down-on-crime-heres-the-major-wins-desantis-scored-for-floridians-this-week\/\" title=\"DeSantis secures major wins for Floridians, from ESG to crime crackdown.\">individuals caught trafficking fentanyl<\/a> that looks like candy. According to a press release from DeSantis\u2019s office, \u201cthose who traffic such substances [become] eligible for a life sentence\u201d and could face \u201ca minimum 25 year sentence and a $1 million penalty.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Confronting Leftist Ideology<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to cracking down on crime, DeSantis is also confronting the left\u2019s efforts to advance so-called environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards. On Tuesday, the Florida Republican signed HB 3, which bans \u201c[ESG] considerations from investment decisions and protect[s] consumers\u2019 ability to access financial services\u201d in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>ESG is a tool used to evaluate companies based on how \u201cwoke\u201d they are. Using metrics developed \u201cby bankers, investors, activists, and, in some cases, government officials,\u201d ESG models can reward or punish businesses based on their commitment to leftist concepts such as \u201cenvironmental\u201d and \u201csocial\u201d justice. In March, Florida, along with nearly 20 other states, launched a coalition designed to protect citizens from ESG influences \u201cacross state systems\u201d and \u201cin the financial sector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are recognizing the dangers with this agenda. It\u2019s not your agenda; it\u2019s not the agenda of the average Floridian or average American,\u201d DeSantis said during Tuesday\u2019s bill signing. \u201cThis is an elite-imposed agenda. These are people that have access to a lot of financial might, a lot of business and corporate resources, and they are trying to marshal that in service of their particular political agenda, and that is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>More Bold Action to Come<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the aforementioned legislation, DeSantis has also signed bills this year that legalize constitutional carry and prohibit the killing of babies in the womb after six weeks of pregnancy. Measures barring school officials from instructing K-8 students on gender identity and sexual orientation, prohibiting public universities from using federal or state money for divisive \u201cDEI\u201d programs, increasing enforcement of immigration laws, and banning harmful and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vanderbilt-insiders-fear-transgender-surgeries-on-minors-will-resume\/\" title=\"Vanderbilt Insiders Fear Transgender Surgeries On Minors Will Resume\">irreversible transgender surgeries<\/a> and drugs for minors, are expected to be signed by the Florida governor in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-promises-u-n-climate-summit-i-will-remake-american-economy-to-lead-world-to-net-zero\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Promises U.N Climate Summit: I Will 'Remake' American Economy to Lead World to 'Net-Zero'\">taking bold action<\/a> to combat crime and leftist ideology. Follow him on Twitter @RonDeSantisFL to stay up-to-date on his latest efforts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:<\/strong> Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a series of bills this week aimed at cracking down on crime and combating the left\u2019s ideological rampage through America\u2019s corporate sector. On Monday, the Republican governor signed into law a measure (HB 1297) allowing capital punishment for individuals convicted of sexual battery against minors under the age of 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1925156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[5804,7204,4980,7003,17931,3752,21244,5745],"class_list":["post-1925155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-crackdown","tag-crime","tag-desantis","tag-esg","tag-floridians","tag-major","tag-secures","tag-wins"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1925155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1925156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1925155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1925155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}