Posted on 04/22/2022 12:51:22 AM PDT by Morgana
The culture war over Disney reached new heights Thursday, as Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Florida Gov. Ron De Santis traded barbs over the company's future in the Sunshine State.
Earlier this week, Polis voiced disagreement over DeSantis' support for legislation that would strip Disney of its special status as a self-governing area, which was ultimately passed Thursday by the Florida House.
Polis then accused DeSantis of using socialist tactics to control the private sector, and invited Disney to ditch the Sunshine State and move to Colorado.
'Florida's authoritarian socialist attacks on the private sector are driving businesses away,' Polis tweeted, along with a video of DeSantis threatening to 'hold the Twitter board of directors accountable' for blocking an acquisition by Elon Musk.
'In CO, we don't meddle in affairs of companies like @Disney or @Twitter,' Polis tweeted on Tuesday. 'Hey @Disney we're ready for Mountain Disneyland and @Twitter we're ready for Twitter HQ2, whoever your owners are.'
'We will grant Mickey and Minnie full asylum in Colorado,' the Democrat later wrote.
Polis doubled down on his remarks on Thursday, after the Florida House voted 68-38 to end the Reedy Creek Improvement District, meaning Disney will no longer be able to operate as a self-contained government.
'...when government starts threatening private companies with retribution based on their free speech, that takes us down the road towards authoritarianism,' Polis told Fox News Digital in a phone interview.
Meanwhile, DeSantis spokeswoman Christina Pushaw decried Polis' accusations of authoritarian attacks, saying that DeSantis has a deeper understanding of the ideology and its consequences as many Floridians have fled regimens of the sort.
Pushaw invited Polis to 'educate' himself on what socialism is, hinting that he had used the term lightly to 'weaponize baseless allegations.'
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There is a reason Disney picked near Orlando. Colorado does not have the climate.
Oh boo boo no one’s traveling to Colorado for anything but skiing.
Well, Disneyland’s Main Street USA was mainly modeled on the old town area of Fort Collins, Colorado. Nonetheless, there are reasons why Colorado has only one real amusement park (Elitch Gardens in Denver) and that park is only open for half the year. So, good luck to the House of Mouse in the Rocky Mountain state.
Well, Disney could build a big climate controlled bubble over the park. Liberals like being in a bubble.
Does Lauren Opal Boebert agree?
Governor wants them to travel there for kid sniffing and diddling.
Polis the Pube is at it again.
I guess he must have been on the Disney cornhole Mickey Committee.
I say we call him governor groomer.
Apparently the Gov is a real publicity whore! You are right there is a reason for Southern California and Florida! If Disney wanted snow, they would make it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That’s hilarious coming from Socialist Diktator Polis!
There is a reason, Florida would have a hard time recruiting Ski Resorts to the State.
LOL! As if he has the slightest clue what he’s talking about.
Firstly, Disney was given the power to largely police themselves when they came to Central Florida in the mid 1960s. The interior part of the state was largely undeveloped at the time because it was hot and humid and the state wanted to draw in all those tourists and all their money so they cut Disney a sweetheart deal. Disney has been using that police power to cover up their pedo problem for decades.
Ridiculous. They never should have been given that power to begin with. Governor DeSantis has finally corrected that.
If Polis thinks people want to vacation in Colorado during wintertime for anything other than skiing, he’s completely delusional. Besides, Disney is far from the only theme park in the Orlando area and what are they gonna do - pick the whole thing up and move it elsewhere even though its quite profitable and even though Florida has much lower taxes than Colorado? Get real.
I’d really like to hear Magpul respond to Governor Polis’ comments.
I would expect the party of death and chaos to join the words “authoritarian” and “fascist.” DeSantis a “socialist?” That’s a nonstarter.
Colorado has turned into a SICKO STATE!!
Yes, I can just see that happening. Disney will abandon-in-place, Disney World, EPCOT, Lake Bueno Vista and 25 - 35 thousand acres of land in central Florida. That would be bigger that Brandon’s abandonment Afghanistan. Maybe Uncle Sugar could take it over and use it as a giant homeless center for our undocumented whatsits.
How would he characterize shutting down small businesses while letting the larger one operate during the covid bit?
Disney, come to Colorado if you want to sexually abuse children!
‘...when government starts threatening private companies with retribution based on their free speech, that takes us down the road towards authoritarianism,’ Polis told Fox News Digital in a phone interview.“
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You mean like this:
Masterpiece Cakeshop, a bakery in Lakewood, Colorado, which refused to design a custom wedding cake for a gay couple based on the owner’s religious beliefs.
This guy is an idiot. Disney has billions invested in Florida. This spotlight grubbing imbecile is just trying to put eyeballs on himself. Disney is going to bow down and take their medicine and be stationed in Orlando for a long long time.
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