Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his economic agenda on Monday, interspersing a mix of traditional conservative talking points with pledges to use government power to go after large corporations that promote socially conscious investing or diversity initiatives.
Speaking before about 100 people inside the warehouse of a local logistics company, DeSantis detailed his alignment with longtime conservative policy positions like cutting taxes, the size of government, spending, and regulations, as well as boosting domestic energy production, GDP growth and immigration enforcement.
But DeSantis also zoomed in on reducing economic ties with China, eliminating trade deficits, taking on corporations for hiring and investing practices not aligned with his brand of politics — similar to his longstanding battle with Disney — and ending what he described as President Joe Biden’s “war on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.”