Corporations are learning that it doesn't pay to go "woke" by mixing politics with business – at least in Florida, where Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis cut funding earmarked for a complex that would have served as a spring training facility for the Tampa Bay Rays after the MLB team partnered with a progressive organization to push an anti-gun message.
While DeSantis, who ran on a fiscally conservative platform, said the cuts to his state's nearly $110 billion budget were necessary to protect "against what very well may be a Biden-induced recession," the news came just a week after the Rays made a public anti-gun plea to end violence in the wake of several mass shootings and donated $50,000 to Everytown for Gun Safety, a leftist organization advocating gun control and regulations.
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Marisa Herman ✉
Marisa Herman, a Newsmax senior reporter, focuses on major and investigative stories. A University of Florida graduate, she has more than a decade of experience as a reporter for newspapers, magazines, and websites.