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Ron DeSantis: “We were the first pension fund to remove funding from ESG…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Speaks at Global Liberty Institute Summit in Palm Beach

Published | Video Starts at 23:01

So we won that fight. And that really set the stage for us to go on offense against things like esg. You know, We were the first pension fund to remove funding from ESG. Companies like BlackRock. We removed $2 billion from our state pension. We put in no ESG in our state pension. Now you look at it and like, now you look at it and like, this ESG is like. (23:01–23:11)

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Asserts that Florida was the first to remove $2 billion from state pension funds invested in ESG companies.

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