This is indeed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ effect…

The war against wokism might be hard and painful at first, but to preserve America’s culture and people, we need someone like DeSantis’ caliber.

And he did send a shiver throughout corporate America…

Now, Texas-based American multinational oil and gas corporation, ExxonMobil, had implemented plans to ban the display of what the petroleum industry giant referred to as ‘position flags,’ the ‘Rainbow Pride Flag’ and ‘the Black Lives Matter flag’, outside of the company offices during the month of June, which is designated as LGBTQ+ Pride month.

The plans were set in a new flag protocol according to the policy first reported by Bloomberg News.

According to Bloomberg, an LGBT group in the company, Exxon’s PRIDE Houston Chapter, wrote in an email Thursday that “Corporate leadership took exception to a rainbow flag being flown at our facilities” last year.

“PRIDE was informed the justification was centered on the need for the corporation to maintain ‘neutrality.’”

The Houston Exxon PRIDE group said:

“It is difficult to reconcile how ExxonMobil recognizes the value of promoting our corporation as supportive of the LGBTQ+ community externally (e.g. advertisements, Pride parades, social media posts) but now believes it inappropriate to visibly show support for our LGBTQ+ employees at the workplace.”

“Flying a Pride flag is one small way many corporations choose to visibly show their care, inclusion and support for LGBTQ+ employees,” the ExxonMobil LGBTQ+ group said. “These types of visible actions are even more impactful for many of our LGBTQ+ colleagues who aren’t out at work and may not feel comfortable participating in PRIDE events.” the group added.

Tracey Gunnlaugsson, ExxonMobil’s vice president of human resources, responded in a statement:

“The updated flag protocol is intended to clarify the use of the ExxonMobil branded company flag and not intended to diminish our commitment to diversity and support for employee resource groups.”

“We’re committed to keeping an open, honest, and inclusive workplace for all of our employees, and we’re saddened that any employee would think otherwise.”

“Diversity is not a stand-alone activity; it is embedded in our core values, our approach to how we develop talent, and the culture to which we aspire.”

The news about Exxon’s decision, coming the very week the Florida bill was signed into law, only amplifies the possibility the country is seeing something of a “DeSantis Effect” — a new, public willingness by conservative politicians to take on corporations attacking from the left.

Sources: Westernjournal, Yahoo, Time