Rubio: China has deputized ‘woke’ American corporations as its lobbyists

Rubio has sought to push his own party s stance on China to become more assertive, and he hit the White House and Democratic lawmakers for what he called an insufficient China bill and allowing progressive identity politics to influence their response to the unprecedented threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party.

Rubio argued that a fear of appearing xenophobic has led “woke” American companies to make moves that were in the interests of China instead of the United States.

Beijing has and continues to deputize American corporations and turn them into their lobbyists and their advocates right here in Washington, Rubio said, pointing to iconic brands such as Nike and Coca Cola as among those that lobbied against his bill to ban imports of goods produced by Uyghur slave labor.

It was interesting last night to read Disney, which filmed Mulan in Xinjiang in the very province where they have these genocide camps, and then in the credits of the movie, they thank the local government officials who run those camps, but apparently, they’re outraged that in Florida, our schools won’t be teaching 5-year-olds about gender identity, Rubio said in reference to a controversial bill signed by Florida s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis this week, which blocks classroom instruction on topics of sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through 3rd grade.

Rubio said that while companies do need to make a profit or they will cease to be companies, he condemned what he called a lack of corporate patriotism in dealing with the Chinese regime.

via www.washingtonexaminer.com

The behavior of corporations is curious. I wonder if shareholders support it.