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Wokester Inferno: DeSantis junks woke pension investing and woke educational courses in Florida
American Thinker ^ | 21 Jan, 2023 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 01/21/2023 10:46:45 AM PST by MtnClimber

'Where woke goes to die' is more than a slogan in Ron DeSantis's state of Florida.

Need some good news?

Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida, has a way of always delivering good news.

On the culture wars front, he's gotten the steamroller out, flattening wokester investing in public pensions on what's known as the ESG model.

According to the Daily Wire: (Daily Wire excerpt in Post #1)

SNIP

The good news doesn't stop there, though.

In a move that brought unusually loud screams from the left, DeSantis junked another problem besetting Florida and the rest of the country -- woke indoctrinating education. (Woke indoctrination excerpt in post #1)

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Science
KEYWORDS: anticommunism; antiwoke; culturewars; desantis; fl; florida; rondesantis
According to the Daily Wire:

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis approved measures on Tuesday to prevent the Florida Retirement System Pension Plan from investing in accordance with the environmental, social, and corporate governance movement, also known as ESG.

According to DeSantis’ office, the approval of the resolution will ensure that public fiduciaries “invest state funds in a manner that prioritizes the highest return on investment for Florida’s taxpayers and retirees without considering the ideological agenda” of the ESG movement. Critics say the philosophy confuses profit maximization with political and social agendas such as reducing carbon emissions or promoting purported racial equity.

“Corporations across America continue to inject an ideological agenda through our economy rather than through the ballot box,” DeSantis said in a press release. “Today’s actions reinforce that ESG considerations will not be tolerated here in Florida, and I look forward to extending these protections during this legislative session.”

Woke indoctrination excerpt:

While Florida has prided itself on leading the culture war for conservatism, a new educational policy may rock the boat for Florida Democrats. Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) along with Florida Republicans have officially erased AP African American Studies from state curriculum, causing backlash from progressives.

Governor DeSantis has made educational reforms a defining role in his first term as governor, and he does not seem to be holding back on this any time soon.

The governor's Spokesman Bryan Griffin issued a statement concerning why they have taken this action, "The Florida Department of Education has rejected the College Board’s AP African American Studies course because it lacks educational value and historical accuracy. As submitted, the course is a vehicle for a political agenda and leaves large, ambiguous gaps that can be filled with additional ideological material, which we will not allow. As Governor DeSantis has stated, our classrooms will be a place for education, not indoctrination."

1 posted on 01/21/2023 10:46:45 AM PST by MtnClimber
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To: Joe Brower

DeSantis seems to be taking no prisoners!


2 posted on 01/21/2023 10:48:17 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

“DeSantis seems to be taking no prisoners!”
The rest of the GOP could take a lesson from him.


3 posted on 01/21/2023 10:50:44 AM PST by wjcsux (RIP Rush Limbaugh 12 Jan 1951- 17 Feb 2021. We really miss you. 😢)
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To: MtnClimber

ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) is increasing inflation just like they crazies want it


4 posted on 01/21/2023 10:51:31 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: butlerweave

With normalcy bias causing average citizens to fail to detect this nihilistic, self-destructive bent on the part of fake do-gooders.


5 posted on 01/21/2023 11:02:23 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: MtnClimber

Viva la Desantis!


6 posted on 01/21/2023 11:03:54 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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To: JulieRNR21; Travis McGee; AAABEST; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; summer; ...
The U.S. would be a lot better off if more states followed Florida's example in our reversing these self-destructive foci of the culture wars. Too much ground that should never have been surrendered belong to the left and it's suicidal mindset. Long past time to turn it around.

Florida Freeper

I'm compiling a list of FReepers interested in Florida-related topics.
If you want to be added, please FReepMail me.

7 posted on 01/21/2023 11:04:25 AM PST by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: MtnClimber

desantis for president 2028...

florida first!... 😎


8 posted on 01/21/2023 11:05:19 AM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: Joe Brower
The U.S. would be a lot better off if more states followed Florida's example in our reversing these self-destructive foci of the culture wars.

It's a lost cause in many of the blue states. But you can fight the woke crap in some purple states like North Carolina. Tread carefully on the abortion issue. That one is a loser.

9 posted on 01/21/2023 11:07:12 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MtnClimber

Great first steps.

Now, make it a fire-able offense to teach CRT or any of it’s rotting sh*t. We don’t teach children to hate people based on race in Florida - or to hate the country they live in.

Good for DeSantis.


10 posted on 01/21/2023 2:27:48 PM PST by GOPJ ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ Gumballs: Immigrants by the numbers.)
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