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Ron DeSantis: “That actually helped a lot of CEOs around the country because they could go to their board. They could say, look, we…”

On the recordApril 25, 2023
That actually helped a lot of CEOs around the country because they could go to their board. They could say, look, we don't want to be in the next Disney. We have got to stay out of this stuff and we have got to focus on the task at hand. But I do think that the incentives over the last ten years have been for them to basically bend the knee to the woke mob and try to advance a woke agenda.

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Ron DeSantis defended his actions against Disney, suggesting they help CEOs avoid similar situations and criticizing the influence of a 'woke agenda' on businesses.

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