Top DeSantis Ally Declines WEF Invite: ‘Florida Rejects the World Economic Forum’s Agenda’
by David Lindfield
A top ally of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has declined an invitation to represent Florida at the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) upcoming Urban Transportation Summit.
Bryan Griffin, Florida’s top tourism official, responded by publicly rebuking the WEF.
Griffin, President and CEO of VISIT Florida, rejected an invitation to attend the group’s upcoming Urban Transportation Summit in San Francisco.
He shared his refusal in a post on X, declaring:
“Florida rejects the World Economic Forum’s agenda.”
Griffin previously served as communications director in DeSantis’s office and remains a close ally of the governor.
The WEF’s invitation described the event as a gathering of “senior decision-makers from across sectors to address how cities and destinations can adapt to rapid demographic, technological, and environmental change.”
Griffin made clear that Florida would have no part in advancing what he called a globalist agenda.
“I’m going to decline participation,” Griffin wrote in his response.