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DeSantis Supports Repeal of Disney's Special Self-Governing Status
"What I would say as a matter of first principle is I don’t support special privileges in law just because a company is powerful and they’ve been able to wield a lot of power," DeSantis said during a press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday. Disney has been engaged in a war of words with Republicans in Florida leading up to Monday’s signing of the controversial bill, which prohibits classroom instruction on "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" with children in third grade or younger "or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards." DeSantis referenced a bill reining in big tech that Republicans were working through the legislature last year when Disney added a "carve out" at the "11th hour" for theme parks. "I’m thinking to myself, ‘This is ridiculous,’" DeSantis said. "Honestly, it was embarrassing." DeSantis continued, "I think what has happened is there’s a lot of these special privileges that are not justifiable, but because Disney had held so much sway, they were able to sustain a lot of special treatment over the years." DeSantis said that Disney has "lost a lot of the pull that they used to have" over the company's reaction to the parental rights law and said he thinks that’s a "good thing for our state because the state should be governed by the best interest of the people." "I would say any special privileges that are in law I would like to get rid of generally," DeSantis added. "I think in this particular case with Disney, I just don’t think you have very many people in the legislature anymore who are going to be able to defend a lot of what has been done over many years to really have them almost govern themselves in some of these things. That was probably never appropriate to start, but is certainly not appropriate now at this point." Disney Related: Disney: 2022-04-01 Why Disney doesn't care what parents think... Disney: 2022-03-31 Florida GOP threatens to take Disney's privileges away over 'Don't Say Gay' opposition Disney: 2022-03-31 Disney Queers Children, says Programming Exec: Latoya Raveneau, in secret company video, admits to queering child programming for years Related: Ron DeSantis: 2022-03-20 Boo Hoo: Leftists complain about Republicans' anti-grooming bill Ron DeSantis: 2022-03-09 Florida state senate passes bill that forbids instruction on sexual orientation in kindergarten through third grade Ron DeSantis: 2022-03-04 Florida first lady cancer-free after chemo, governor says Posted by: Thravick Fillmore6665 2022-04-02 |
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