{"id":1998823,"date":"2023-08-12T13:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T17:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-says-us-climate-agenda-is-a-hoax-and-esg-policies-pose-grave-threat-to-liberty\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T13:42:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T17:42:20","slug":"ramaswamy-says-us-climate-agenda-is-a-hoax-and-esg-policies-pose-grave-threat-to-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-says-us-climate-agenda-is-a-hoax-and-esg-policies-pose-grave-threat-to-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaswamy dismisses US climate agenda as a &#8216;hoax&#8217; and warns of &#8216;grave threat&#8217; to liberty from ESG policies."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Framaswamy-says-us-climate-agenda-is-a-hoax-and-esg-policies-pose-grave-threat-to-liberty%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=1998823&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>Republican Presidential Contender Slams Climate-Focused Business Policies<\/h2>\n<p>During an appearance at the Iowa State Fair \u2062on Saturday, Republican presidential contender Vivek \u2063Ramaswamy didn&#8217;t hold back in his criticism of \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-says-us-climate-agenda-is-a-hoax-and-esg-policies-pose-grave-threat-to-liberty\/\" title=\"Ramaswamy dismisses US climate agenda as a 'hoax' and warns of 'grave threat' to liberty from ESG policies.\">climate-focused business policies<\/a>.\u2064 In a lively discussion with \u2063Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA), Ramaswamy labeled the United States&#8217;s climate agenda a &#8220;hoax&#8221; and \u200dtook aim at environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) \u200dpolicies.<\/p>\n<h3>A Grave Threat to Freedom<\/h3>\n<p>Ramaswamy, a conservative businessman and entrepreneur, argued that ESG policies pose a &#8220;grave threat&#8221;\u200b to\u200c freedom. He accused corporations of using people&#8217;s money to push social and environmental agendas\u2063 without their knowledge or consent.\u200d &#8220;Using your retirement funds and your investment accounts to vote for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-push-racial-equity-audits-to-cement-control-of-tech-companies\/\" title=\"Democrats Push \u2018Racial Equity Audits\u2019 To Cement Control of Tech Companies\">racial equity audits<\/a> or Scope 3 emissions caps that you \u200bdidn&#8217;t know they were using your money to do, and that Congress would\u200d have never passed through the front\u2063 door,&#8221; Ramaswamy exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to emphasize the\u200b importance of \u200dopen debate, suggesting that if corporations want to implement ESG policies, they should do so transparently in the \u200cpublic square.<\/p>\n<h3>Conservative Criticisms and Democratic Dismissals<\/h3>\n<p>ESG policies have faced criticism from conservatives who view them as an overreach by corporations meddling \u200din politics. These policies encourage businesses to\u200c prioritize climate-centered \u2063investments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-climate-official-on-people-producing-emissions-we-have-to-break-your-will\/\" title=\"Massachusetts Climate Official On People Producing Emissions: \u2018We Have To Break Your Will\u2019\">reduce carbon emissions<\/a>, \u200cand address social issues like \u200cdiversity in hiring. Democrats, however, have dismissed\u2064 these criticisms as\u2062 a &#8220;waste of time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Ramaswamy&#8217;s Rising Support<\/h3>\n<p>Ramaswamy&#8217;s\u200d bold statements come as other \u2064major Republican presidential hopefuls gather at the Iowa State Fair to showcase their political ideas ahead of the first\u2063 Republican debate \u200dlater this month. Notably, Ramaswamy has gained significant support \u2063for \u200dhis campaign, surpassing former Vice President Mike Pence to claim third place.<\/p>\n<p>On\u200b August 23, Ramaswamy will participate in\u2063 the debate \u200calongside Gov.\u2064 Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), Sen. \u2063Tim \u200dScott (R-SC), and former \u2063Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC). Former President Donald Trump, \u200bPence, and former\u2064 Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) have also qualified for the \u2063debate\u2062 but\u200b have \u200byet to sign the required loyalty pledge. Pence has \u200cexpressed his intention to sign the pledge.<\/p>\n<p>The debate \u2062will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, starting at 9 p.m. Eastern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a threat to American businesses and economic growth. Ramaswamy criticized the climate agenda as a deceptive scheme and expressed concerns about the impact of environmental, social, and corporate governance policies on the economy. He voiced his opposition to these measures during a discussion with Gov. Reynolds at the Iowa State Fair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1998824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1998823","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1998824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}