American Accountability Foundation President Thomas Jones in the GemStateChronicle:

Idaho is a state of hardworking men and women with common-sense conservative values. So why is their government using their tax-dollars to force a woke agenda in America?

Like most pension systems, the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI) has hired asset managers to help them maximize returns on their investments. PERSI uses Adelante, AllianceBernstein, Brandes, Fiera Capital, Longview, and Mellon for several functions, including proxy voting on PERSI’s behalf at shareholder meetings. But instead of focusing on good corporate governance and maximizing returns for PERSI’s beneficiaries, these asset managers have taken it upon themselves to make America woke, including by strangling American energy, pushing woke racial quotas, and cutting off funding for conservative causes and politicians.

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