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Zorro

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Mon Nov 1, 2021, 07:15 PM Nov 2021

Rubio takes Big Business to task over 'wokeness' a year before election

The Florida Republican proposed holding business leaders legally liable “when they abuse their corporate privilege by pushing wasteful, anti-American nonsense.”

ORLANDO — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is taking Big Business to task.

In an op-ed published Monday, the Republican from Florida called corporate America “the instrument of anti-American ideologies.” Rubio bemoaned what he described as corporate America’s “wokeness” — a catch-all phrase for being sensitive to social problems such as racism and inequality but which is also derided by critics as virtue-signaling or adopting neo-Marxist world views. He proposed holding corporate leaders legally liable “when they abuse their corporate privilege by pushing wasteful, anti-American nonsense.”

Rubio delivered a virtual speech later Monday before the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando in which he spoke about the declining economic fortunes of many Americans. He said changes to economic policies in recent decades have left many feeling divorced from the American Dream of obtaining good jobs and being able to raise their families in safe neighborhoods. He added, “that has to be addressed, because that dream is at the core of our national identity.”

Rubio’s op-ed and speech mark a break for the senator from the traditional pro-business stances that helped his political rise, which included an unsuccessful run for president in 2016. Rubio is facing re-election next year, and his expected Democratic opponent is U.S. Rep. Val Demings from Orlando. If he wins re-election, he is expected to be in the mix of Republicans running for president in 2024.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/11/01/rubio-takes-big-business-to-task-over-wokeness-a-year-before-election/

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Rubio takes Big Business to task over 'wokeness' a year before election (Original Post) Zorro Nov 2021 OP
WOKE just means EDUCATED Skittles Nov 2021 #1
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