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Posted on 11/30/2022 10:15:15 AM PST by Jacquerie
"They brought this upon themselves."
Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t going to let the Walt Disney Company come in from the cold anytime soon if comments Tuesday evening are any indication.
Presented with regretful comments from Disney CEO Bob Iger about consequences for the company’s opposition to the state’s Parental Rights in Education law, DeSantis did not back down from previous critiques of the “Burbank-based” corporation.
“We didn’t drag them in, Tucker, they went in on their own,” DeSantis said on Fox News. “And not only opposed the bill. They threatened to get it repealed. These are parents’ rights … important policies in our state. They’re very popular.”
“So they brought this upon themselves,” DeSantis said. “All we did was stand up for what was right. And yes, they’re a big, powerful company, but you know what? We stand up for our folks and I don’t care what a Burbank-based California company says about our laws.”
The Governor’s comments on Fox came after Iger told employees Tuesday that he “was sorry to see us dragged into that battle, and I have no idea exactly what its ramifications are.”
Earlier this year, Florida lawmakers advanced two bills, SB 4C and SB 6C, which targeted Disney after the company said that it would work to repeal HB 1557.
The former bill was intended to punish the company by stripping Disney of its self-governing status in the Reedy Creek Improvement District, though that wasn’t an immediate repeal, with an effective date of June 2023. Another bill removed a carve-out created for Disney exempting it from a law passed in 2021 targeting so-called Big Tech.
“Disney got away with special deals for way too long. It took a look under the hood to see what Disney has become to truly understand their inappropriate influence.”
(Excerpt) Read more at floridapolitics.com ...
Outstanding governor.
Ron is the only politician that I have ever talked to that didn’t sound like a politician. Chatted with him for a few while waiting for Trump to come to do a rally on the eve of his election to governor. You would never know the guy was about to be elected Governor of the 3rd largest state, he could just be your next door neighbor as far as anyone would know.
We love our gov. Hope he remains in office for the next four years.
Good for him. They deserve no quarter
Disney is so far gone, that only someone like Ron DeSantis that knows the travel industry and respects American families could save it.
The next two, anyways.
He’s got bigger and better things on his horizon, as will all of America.
KEEP RAINING ON DISNEY, RON.......LET IT POUR.
Disney isn’t cutting our side any breaks.
Way to go, Ron!
Keep on protecting the children of Florida from the groomers and pervs of Disney.
Iger may find out he should have stayed retired———
Good! Go DeSantis! He has a young family himself and has been great at defending kids and parents from the “woke” media/educational establishment.
Get The Mouse out of the house.
Very good. Disney’s gratuitous stab at wokeness should hurt materially and stand as a lesson to others.
He was raised as a completely middle class guy, is very smart, and worked his butt off to become as successful as he is.
Thank you governor!!
That's how you make real change stick.
Walt is spinning in his grave.
DeSantis, I’m not cutting YOU a break until you rid FL of RCV-enabled voting machines, early voting, and mail-in voting.
Disney is a bleeping distraction.
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