{"id":953323,"date":"2021-11-02T11:29:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T15:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=953323"},"modified":"2021-11-02T11:29:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T15:29:30","slug":"ron-desantis-rips-rise-of-corporate-wokeness-threatens-backlash-against-companies-pushing-ideology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-rips-rise-of-corporate-wokeness-threatens-backlash-against-companies-pushing-ideology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis Rips \u2018Rise Of Corporate Wokeness,\u2019 Threatens Backlash Against Companies Pushing \u2018Ideology\u2019"},"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\">26<\/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-rips-rise-of-corporate-wokeness-threatens-backlash-against-companies-pushing-ideology%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=953323&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--><p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) ripped what he called the \u201crise of corporate wokeness\u201d last week, warning employers against \u201ccaving to the mob\u201d to score political points.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis spoke Thursday at the annual meeting of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, telling top business executives that he would take action against employers who chose to use corporate \u201cpower\u201d to push an ideology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re using your power as a corporation, and you\u2019re leveraging that to try to advance any ideology, I think it\u2019s very dangerous for this country and I\u2019m not just gonna sit idly by,\u201d DeSantis said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/florida-politics\/2021\/10\/29\/desantis-blasts-corporate-wokeness-in-talk-with-business-leaders\/\">Tampa Bay Times<\/a>. \u201cDo you want to be more of a political actor or more of a business actor?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Florida governor specifically mentioned the MLB and its decision to pull its 2021 all-star game and draft out of Atlanta in opposition to GOP-led election reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t ever think that caving to the mob is going to save your bacon,\u201d DeSantis warned. \u201cThat\u2019s just going to cause them to come back more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, if you do it, you are also going to come by some people on the other side, like me, who are going to say well, wait a minute, if you\u2019re going to criticize what we\u2019re doing I may criticize some of the things you are doing,\u201d he warned. \u201cI may look under the hood and not like some things. \u2026 I got a podium. I got cameras that will follow me around. Maybe I\u2019ll go talk about that a little bit. And so, I think it\u2019s something that\u2019s very damaging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis said that GOP voters have turned against corporations as more and more large businesses push progressive ideas and ideology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think corporate America has lost so much [support]. \u2026 Most [Republican voters] hate corporations now,\u201d the governor said. \u201cThey hate them because they see these big companies that are really kowtowing to a very elite ideology and an ideology that\u2019s not reflective of the vast vast majority of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, DeSantis called a special session of the Florida legislature for November 15 to pass laws against businesses requiring their employees to get vaccinated. DeSantis\u2019 push is a direct response to President Joe Biden\u2019s executive order mandating that federal contractors be vaccinated and large companies mandate their employees either be vaccinated or tested weekly for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration has undertaken, or threatened to undertake, extraordinary efforts to coerce injections of the COVID-19<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) ripped what he called the \u201crise of corporate wokeness\u201d last week, warning employers against \u201ccaving to the mob\u201d to score political points.DeSantis spoke Thursday at the annual meeting of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, telling top business executives that he would take action against employers who chose to use corporate \u201cpower\u201d to push an ideology.\u201cIf you\u2019re using your power as a corporation, and you\u2019re leveraging that to try to advance any ideology, I think it\u2019s very dangerous for this country and I\u2019m not just gonna sit idly by,\u201d DeSantis said, according to the Tampa Bay Times. \u201cDo you want to be more of a political actor or more of a business actor?\u201dThe Florida governor specifically mentioned the MLB and its decision to pull its 2021 all-star game and draft out of Atlanta in opposition to GOP-led election reforms.\u201cDon\u2019t ever think that caving to the mob is going to save your bacon,\u201d DeSantis warned. \u201cThat\u2019s just going to cause them to come back more.\u201d\u201cYou know, if you do it, you are also going to come by some people on the other side, like me, who are going to say well, wait a minute, if you\u2019re going to criticize what we\u2019re doing I may criticize some of the things you are doing,\u201d he warned. \u201cI may look under the hood and not like some things. \u2026 I got a podium. I got cameras that will follow me around. Maybe I\u2019ll go talk about that a little bit. And so, I think it\u2019s something that\u2019s very damaging.\u201dDeSantis said that GOP voters have turned against corporations as more and more large businesses push progressive ideas and ideology.\u201cI think corporate America has lost so much [support]. \u2026 Most [Republican voters] hate corporations now,\u201d the governor said. \u201cThey hate them because they see these big companies that are really kowtowing to a very elite ideology and an ideology that\u2019s not reflective of the vast vast majority of the country.\u201dOn Friday, DeSantis called a special session of the Florida legislature for November 15 to pass laws against businesses requiring their employees to get vaccinated. DeSantis\u2019 push is a direct response to President Joe Biden\u2019s executive order mandating that federal contractors be vaccinated and large companies mandate their employees either be vaccinated or tested weekly for COVID-19.\u201cThe Biden administration has undertaken, or threatened to undertake, extraordinary efforts to coerce injections of the COVID-19 vaccine into Americans who otherwise would be unwilling to receive the vaccine for reasons of health, pregnancy, religious belief (including sincerely held moral or ethical beliefs) and prior infection,\u201d DeSantis\u2019 announcement said, according to CBS Miami.\u201cForced vaccinations of Americans will sow further distrust in government and in corporate America,\u201d DeSantis said.The day before, DeSantis\u2019 administration sued the federal government over Biden\u2019s vaccine order.\u201cThe federal government is exceeding [its] power and it is important for us to take a stand because in Florida we believe these are choices based on individual circumstances,\u201d DeSantis said in a statement.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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