Manhattan Institute senior fellow Christopher Rufo laid out his game plan for defeating woke corporations like Disney through investigative reporting and politics in an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation.
The fight between Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney has created a model for conservatives to fight corporations pushing radical ideologies, Rufo, an advocate against Critical Race Theory (CRT) and other forms of left-wing education, told the DCNF. His strategy is to expose what corporations are doing, get people to care and make a legislative push for meaningful political changes.
“What I try to do is take my investigative reporting and connect it with political power,” Rufo told the DCNF. “You have to first generate stories and media and narrative to explain to people exactly what’s happening. And then you have to actually enforce it through the democratic process with legislative activity.”
NEW: Disney has adopted a benefits program to assist employees and their minor children with “gender affirmation procedures.” This type of treatment typically includes puberty blockers, breast removal, and genital surgeries for “kids who are transitioning.” pic.twitter.com/a2zSSboe0S
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 7, 2022
Rufo played a key role in the recent fight between Disney and Republican DeSantis over a law restricting sexual and gender ideology being taught in classrooms. He leaked videos which purportedly showed internal Disney meetings in which employees plotted to inject sexual identity and gender ideology into its programming and revealed company efforts to help employees medically transition themselves and their children to the opposite sex.
