Ahead of election, Rubio takes Big Business to task

ORLANDO, Fla. – U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is taking Big Business to task.

In an op-ed published Monday, the Republican from Florida called firm America “the instrumentality of anti-American ideologies." Rubio bemoaned what helium described arsenic firm America’s “wokeness,” which is simply a catch-all operation for being delicate to societal problems specified arsenic racism and inequality but which is besides derided by critics arsenic virtue-signaling oregon adopting neo-Marxist satellite views. He projected holding firm leaders legally liable “when they maltreatment their firm privilege by pushing wasteful, anti-American nonsense."

Rubio said ample companies should beryllium required to disclose however overmuch they put successful the U.S. and their boards of directors should beryllium made to amusement they person nary conflicts of interests with overseas adversaries specified arsenic China. Teachers and firefighters whose pensions provender organization concern funds should beryllium capable to ballot connected shareholder proposals alternatively than the money managers who “push ‘woke' policies astatine corporations by voting successful firm elections connected their behalf," Rubio said.

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“The companies that power the immense bulk of America’s economical resources and curate the accusation we spot and perceive connected a regular ground present accidental that America is simply a racist oregon sexist country," Rubio wrote successful The American Conservative. “These oligarchs judge the precise beingness of America is fatally flawed, and they are devoting hundreds of billions of dollars to beforehand firm propaganda that reflects these beliefs. They purpose to remake our society, our culture, and our country."

Rubio delivered a virtual code aboriginal Monday earlier the National Conservatism Conference successful Orlando successful which helium spoke astir the declining economical fortunes of galore Americans. He said changes to economical policies successful the past fewer decades person near galore feeling divorced from the American Dream of bully jobs and being capable to rise their families successful harmless neighborhoods. He added, “that has to beryllium addressed, due to the fact that that imagination is astatine the halfway of our nationalist identity."

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“Promising to conscionable chopped much regulations and firm taxes that’s going to get applause from run donors and get immoderate glowing sum successful media outlets focused connected the banal market," Rubio said. “But it leaves millions of hard moving Americans, radical who bash not privation a woke socialist America, it leaves them with nary dependable successful our authorities and nary answers to their problems."

Rubio's op-ed and code people a interruption for the legislator from the accepted pro-business stances that helped his governmental rise, which included an unsuccessful tally for president successful 2016. Rubio is facing re-election adjacent year, and his expected Democratic hostile is U.S. Rep. Val Demings from Orlando. If helium wins re-election, helium is expected to beryllium successful the premix of Republicans moving for president successful 2024.

Republican politicians person been aligned with concern interests for generations, but erstwhile President Donald Trump shattered galore of those norms by engaging successful commercialized wars and attacking exertion companies.

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Neither the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation nor the Florida Chamber of Commerce responded to an email enquiry seeking comment.

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