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DeSantis announces plan to combat ESG influence in Florida
Fox ^ | 7/28/22

Posted on 07/28/2022 7:29:06 AM PDT by Altura Ct.

The Florida State Pension System will now be under a "flat ban" against incorporating the globalist ESG platform into its investments, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Fox News Wednesday.

DeSantis told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" the proponents of ESG – which places what its supporters say are environmentally-necessary regulations – like to "wiggle around" definitions and verbiage to supersede the purely fiduciary responsibilities of fund managers.

"It's basically a way for [ESG proponents] to do politics," the Republican governor said. "So we're going to make sure that that fiduciary duty is defined very clearly and that they stick to that. We also want to provide protections for people in the financial marketplace from being discriminated against based on ideology."

DeSantis said some Wall Street banks are already inserting their politics in their investments in other ways – discriminating against contractors unfriendly to unfettered immigration or those firms who invest in firearms manufacturers while Democrats seek to pass gun control laws opponents say infringe on the Second Amendment.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: desantis; desantis2028; esg; fl; florida
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1 posted on 07/28/2022 7:29:06 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

The Federal Government is going to require all exchange traded companies on US exchanges have ESG scores. And they will set the criteria for the scores.


2 posted on 07/28/2022 7:30:50 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Awesome


3 posted on 07/28/2022 7:34:01 AM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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How about a little experiment? No ESG in the US at all. The rest of the world can take their chances. I already know who comes out on top.


4 posted on 07/28/2022 7:35:02 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: Altura Ct.

Attack, attack attack!
No one has ever won a war by playing 100% defense.


5 posted on 07/28/2022 7:36:09 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Altura Ct.

He’ll be a great POTUS someday.


6 posted on 07/28/2022 7:48:09 AM PDT by jdsteel (Do I really need a /sarc?)
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To: Altura Ct.
Elon Musk has already trashed the fake ESG nonsense.
All red states should take their pension money out of EG fanatic pension outfits.
7 posted on 07/28/2022 7:53:43 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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This is important and we are seeing republican States do more of this.

When it comes to subjects like traditional energy production, this banding together and supporting like minded entities is the path forward - and it will be profitable to investors/lenders….The democrats are politically targeting us under the cover of ESG


8 posted on 07/28/2022 7:54:01 AM PDT by ALX
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To: Altura Ct.

I guess I am supposed to know what the ESG acronym means?


9 posted on 07/28/2022 7:55:18 AM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: Thunder90
The Federal Government is going to require all exchange traded companies on US exchanges have ESG scores

The federal government does not control where/how states spend/put their pension monies.

10 posted on 07/28/2022 7:56:17 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: mosaicwolf

Environmental, Social and Government.


11 posted on 07/28/2022 7:58:27 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Altura Ct.

I love him


12 posted on 07/28/2022 7:58:58 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: Thunder90

Something tells me this is damn important.


13 posted on 07/28/2022 7:59:50 AM PDT by es345st
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DeSantis is addressing AND taking action on some very important issues, good for him.


14 posted on 07/28/2022 8:01:46 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Altura Ct.

Trump / Desantis 2024.


15 posted on 07/28/2022 8:03:13 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Altura Ct.; JulieRNR21; Travis McGee; AAABEST; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; ...
More on Florida, DeSantis and ESG.

Florida Freeper

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

16 posted on 07/28/2022 8:04:35 AM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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"Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards socially conscious investors use to screen investments."

It's what banks and others are using to promote "woke" culture, promote globalist marxism and to destroy those that don't adhere.

It's the WEF, IMF, UN globalists iron fist of totalitarianism in a velvet glove.

Don't support anti White racism, gun control, the homo agenda, the "green" movement?

No soup for you!

17 posted on 07/28/2022 8:12:49 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: es345st

Something tells me this is damn unconstitutional.


18 posted on 07/28/2022 8:38:24 AM PDT by TiGuy22
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To: Eagles6

WEF maybe the one world government identified in Revelation.


19 posted on 07/28/2022 8:39:06 AM PDT by TiGuy22
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To: Altura Ct.

I love this guy.


20 posted on 07/28/2022 8:40:02 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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