In comments shared publicly on June 1, DeSantis continued: “‘Leftist and woke ideology has infected corporate America, the medical field in its response to COVID and gender-affirming care, the open border ideology and most recently, encampments that have been hosted at various colleges in protest of the Israel-Hamas conflict. How does this all happen? I think the root of it really goes back to the corruption of universities and academia. I think that has been the foundation that has put a lot of the toxicity and ideology out into various arteries in our society.” Read more here from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.