{"id":550047,"date":"2021-06-02T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T21:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=550047"},"modified":"2021-06-02T17:36:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T21:36:02","slug":"ron-desantis-gop-must-fight-left-wing-cultural-marxism-or-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-gop-must-fight-left-wing-cultural-marxism-or-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis: GOP Must Fight Left-Wing \u2018Cultural Marxism\u2019 Or Die"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fron-desantis-gop-must-fight-left-wing-cultural-marxism-or-die%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=550047&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ron-DeSantis-1-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis believes that Republicans must prioritize cultural battles or risk losing the United States to \u201ccultural Marxism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republican governor spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/02\/exclusive-desantis-says-conservatives-must-gain-ground-not-just-lose-it-more-slowly\/\">The Federalist<\/a> this week outlining his approach to governance and where the Republican Party must go in order to be successful long term. He emphasized the need to take on Democrats and \u201cwokeism\u201d in cultural battles and reject so-called \u201cme too Republicanism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs much as I\u2019m a fiscal conservative, some of these battles with what the left is doing are effectively cultural Marxism,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cYou can have, theoretically, a successful economy, but if the underpinnings of the culture are just being torn apart, I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a society that\u2019s going to be very successful over the long term.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.112759643917\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In an exclusive interview with The Federalist, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a> says that the GOP needs to engage the culture war: &#8220;If the underpinnings of the culture are just being torn apart, I don&#8217;t think that that&#8217;s a society that&#8217;s going to be very successful over the long term.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BmcFoPAXc8\">pic.twitter.com\/BmcFoPAXc8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Federalist (@FDRLST) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FDRLST\/status\/1399821578163179526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf all you\u2019re doing is, the Democrats propose $2 trillion in infrastructure [legislation], so we say we\u2019ll do $1.5 trillion, that\u2019s not going to animate anybody,\u201d he told The Federalist. \u201cThat\u2019s just Me Too Republicanism and ultimately that\u2019s not going to be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has been one of the leading conservative lawmakers joining, and often leading, conservative policy efforts in education, athletics, social media, and COVID-19. On Tuesday, DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-signs-bill-protecting-girls-from-competing-against-biological-males-on-first-day-of-pride-month\">joined<\/a> a group of Republican-led states in banning biological males from competing in female sports in high school and college. He signed legislation despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-on-ncaa-threat-to-pull-events-from-states-that-protect-girl-sports-to-hell-with-your-events\">pressure<\/a> from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to pull events from states that enacted such laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to be bullied by groups like the NCAA,\u201d the governor said. \u201cI\u2019m totally willing to sacrifice an event in order to stand with the girls of my state.\u201d DeSantis also noted that the NCAA has yet to pull events from other states that have enacted similar laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an easy decision, and I don\u2019t view it as pressure as much as saying, \u2018the battle lines are clearly drawn, so which side are you going to be on?\u2019 So we\u2019re obviously on the side of the women athletes in this state,\u201d the governor added.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis also highlighted the need for elected Republicans to stand up to \u201ccorporate media\u201d that work with Democrats to set narratives and unfairly malign or spread falsehoods about the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some respects, [corporate media] really are the heart and soul of the Democrat Party,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cThe politicians are on the side, it\u2019s really corporate media that drives their agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Florida is gearing up for a legal battle against big tech titans such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter over a recently-enacted law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-ron-desantis-signs-bill-cracking-down-on-big-tech-these-platforms-have-become-our-public-square\">restricting<\/a> social media platforms from banning politicians and censoring certain kinds of political speech. Two tech industry trade groups, Netchoice and the Computer &#038; Communications Industry Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2021\/06\/big-tech-sues-florida-saying-social-media-law-violates-first-amendment\/\">filed<\/a> suit against Florida on May 27 over the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans need to understand where the battle lines are being drawn,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s ever been as many hostile cultural forces, whether it\u2019s corporate media, universities, big tech, now big business,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you\u2019re an American who believes in the core values of this country \u2014 faith, family, opportunity \u2014 you are absolutely on the defensive in many respects, so the question is, how do you fight back effectively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis believes that Republicans must prioritize cultural battles or risk losing the United States to \u201ccultural Marxism.\u201dThe Republican governor spoke to The Federalist this week outlining his &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278980,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ron-DeSantis-1-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Ron DeSantis: GOP Must Fight Left-Wing \u2018Cultural Marxism\u2019 Or Die","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ron-DeSantis-1-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Ron DeSantis: GOP Must Fight Left-Wing \u2018Cultural Marxism\u2019 Or Die","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550047","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=550047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}