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Ron DeSantis: “We took 2 billion from BlackRock, who was leading the charge…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Delivers Keynote Address at 2026 Annual David Network Annual Summit

Published | Video Starts at 19:20

When you started to see the ESG craze, you did see DEI in corporate America. Rank discrimination being done particularly against white males. We stood in and with our pension fund basically said We took 2 billion from BlackRock, who was leading the charge on [ESG and DEI]. that. We said we're not doing dei, we're going to take our money and we're going to go elsewhere. (19:20–19:24)

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Asserts that Florida withdrew $2 billion from BlackRock due to its ESG and DEI policies.

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