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The rise of an anti-ESG consensus at the highest levels of the Republican party has been one of the most striking shifts in the dysfunctional relationship between business and politics this year. ESG is also under fire from some on the left who see it as no substitute for costlier change. The question still remains: how popular are such attacks with voters?

ROKK Solutions and Penn State University’s Center for the Business of Sustainability surveyed 1,261 voters and had a key finding: “neither Republican nor Democratic voters support policymakers’ potential legislative efforts to curb ESG initiatives.”

Read more about the groundbreaking study “Navigating ESG In The New Congress,” as reported by Financial Times here.

In this PR News list, PR pros look to 2023 and most anticipate PR continuing its ascension in importance. ROKK Solutions Managing Director Lindsay Singleton’s just-released report “Navigating ESG in the New Congress” is featured and she points to her research with Penn State’s Center for the Business of Sustainability to highlight what to look out for in 2023 with a divided government in town.

Read more about our groundbreaking report “Navigating ESG in the New Congress,” as reported by PR News here.

Republicans and effective congressional oversight are historically immiscible, like water and oil. For too many Republicans, oversight is the perfect tool to tear down, not rebuild or reform. The day after House Republicans reached their magic number for a majority in the next Congress, chairmen-in-waiting Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) of the Committee on Government Oversight and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) of the Judiciary Committee came in tow to a press conference with their own version of a dossier on Joe and Hunter Biden.

ROKK Solutions co-founding Partner Ron Bonjean shares his take on why having hearings focused only on Hunter Biden’s laptop would probably backfire with voters. Get the full story here.

By now you’ve probably heard about the story that has captivated the political press this week: former president Donald Trump sitting down for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago estate with the rapper Kanye West and virulent antisemite Nick Fuentes. Since then, though, there’s been a great deal of coverage of the sit-down, with several Republicans who normally ignore Trump’s various deviations offering on-the-record criticisms of Fuentes. ROKK Solutions Partner Kristen Hawn shares her take on whether the media being highly critical of this situation was deserved. Get the full story here.

ROKK Solutions Partner Kristen Hawn and Daily Mail columnist Meghan McCain discuss the media’s ongoing criticism of Elon Musk and his recent decision to reinstate several banned Twitter accounts here.

In the run-up to the midterm elections, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and aspiring committee chairmen Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and James Comer of Kentucky promised MAGA fans they’d dig into President Joe Biden, his scandal-plagued son Hunter Biden, current Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI director Chris Wray, and other perceived political enemies if they regained power. Now that they’re just weeks away from assuming control with a razor-thin majority, many say House Republicans must exercise some restraint even though the base and some of the conservative media are going to be thinking otherwise.  

ROKK co-founding partner Ron Bonjean spoke on why striking the right balance would be mission-critical. Get the full story here.

ROKK Solutions Partner Kristen Hawn and Brendan Buck, Partner at Seven Letter, join Joe Mathieu on Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power” political panel to discuss President Trump’s recent square-off with the DOJ. Watch the first part of the panel here and continue watching the discussion here.

Georgia’s Senate runoff is three weeks away, and Democrats are hoping big names like former President Obama could help put incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) over the top against GOP candidate Herschel Walker. While Obama has not officially announced a return to Georgia, one source said the former president is likely to return to the campaign trail for Warnock. 

In this HILL article, ROKK co-founding partner Rodell Mollineau discussed why having Obama as a surrogate is huge for Warnock.

In this Bloomberg political panel, ROKK partner Kristen Hawn and Lisa Camooso Miller, former Communications Director for the Republican National Committee, discuss Senate leadership with Sen. Scott challenging Sen. McConnell for GOP Senate Leader. Watch the first part of the panel here and continue watching the discussion here.

With Republicans closing in on a narrower-than-expected majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, their leader Kevin McCarthy took a step towards a job he has long coveted – speaker of the House. In this Reuters article, ROKK co-founding partner Ron Bonjean shared his take on what the position would actually mean for Kevin McCarthy.