Justin Haskins: Gov. DeSantis fights leftist corporations’ attempts to use ESG to control how people live

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican state lawmakers recently took a major step toward fighting back against woke corporations parroting Biden’s leftist agenda.

According to a press release by DeSantis’ office, his proposed legislation, will target environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards. It’s a move that will, if successful, go a long way toward protecting individual liberty and promoting free-market economics. His bill, which will be introduced formally during the 2023 legislative session, would “Prohibit big banks, credit card companies and money transmitters from discriminating against customers for their religious, political, or social beliefs.”

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PHOTO: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Photo by Matt Johnson. Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0).

Justin Haskins is editor-in-chief of StoppingSocialism.com, a New York Times bestselling author, and the director of the Socialism Research Center at The Heartland Institute. Follow him on social media @JustinTHaskins.