DeSantis slams special legislation for Disney. But his staff helped write it

[ificandream]

Source: Miami Herald/Emily L. Mahoney

Gov. Ron DeSantis continued escalating his battle against The Walt Disney Co. this week, calling for a new era in Florida where the company no longer gets to wield its mighty influence and “dictate policy” to state leaders.

He singled out a special carveout that legislators approved for Disney in a 2021 bill that aimed to crack down on what DeSantis said was too many conservatives having their accounts banned by “Big Tech” social media companies.

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But DeSantis’ own staff helped write it.

Emails between staff working for the governor’s office and the House Commerce Committee show that DeSantis’ legislative affairs director, Stephanie Kopelousos, was in communication with Disney to propose bill language written by the company. The emails were first reported by the Seeking Rents newsletter, which shared them with the Tampa Bay Times.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/desantis-slams-special-legislation-for-disney-but-his-staff-helped-write-it/ar-AAVNe30?ocid=BingNews

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snicker, snicker.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. DeSatan, you are an enemy of the human race and you need to be treated accordingly

[kimbutgar]

2. He must really think he is so powerful to take on Disney

The ego is sky high. I hope he gets taken to the wood shed by Disney.

[ificandream]

3. I hope Mickey gives him a good paddling. :)

[BidenRocks]

4. Disney should buy an island

And move out!
Disneyworld is old. Build a new one and blow up the old!

[BadgerKid]

7. Here you go

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castaway_Cay

[bluestarone]

5. I'm really having trouble trying to decide who is the

DIRTIEST, ROTTENEST, God Dam BASTARDS of all. (TFG, POOTY, DEATHSANTIS, ABBOTT or ALL of the house GQP'S) GOD DAM i hate them all so much!

[maxrandb]

20. I would throw Disney into the rottenest bastards list too

They've spent decades funding Retrumplican politicians and policies.

In a fight between Disney and Retrumplicans, I don't care who wins, I am just rooting for injuries.

Kind of like those "woke" corporations in Georgia that were so outraged by Georgia's Jim Crow 2.0 they stopped funding Retrumplicans for a minute.

Look, it's pretty fucking simple...

Nothing will change. Racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy...NONE OF IT...will change, unless and until we make racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy unprofitable to the corporations, businesses and individuals that fund it

It's not like Disney, Home Depot, FEDEX, Delta, Publix, Kroger and others didn't know who they were supporting with their campaign donations over the past 40 years.

If they cared one fuck about human decency, they wouldn't have made the Retrumplican Party the powerful beast it is today.

[TeamProg]

6. Evil AND incompetent. n/t

[mentalsolstice]

8. Be afraid, be very afraid of this beast!

He’s educated and young. He has the perfect family optics, small children and a young breast cancer survivor wife. He shows up frequently in the FL panhandle (at least 1x per month) throwing millions to his wealthy red meat base.

I can only pray, but I don’t know what for.... I hope he, Abbott and slobfather take each other out!

[Baitball Blogger]

9. But he's pissed off one of Florida's largest labor employers, and they all vote.

Could be a tipping point.

[mentalsolstice]

16. Florida is a state of division

I’m a FL native from Ft. Lauderdale. I was nine when DW opened it’s gates. However, now I live in the panhandle where $$ are derived from high end tourism, and they think DeSatan is a unicorn who shoots out rainbows from his ass. To most of the yokums here Disney World is a low end vacation. It’s sad how fractured this beautiful state has become. I get what you’re saying about DW. I hope it’s enough to turn the vote.

[sakabatou]

10. DeSatan can't stop hitting himself

[weissmam]

11. rule number one in Florida

Don't mess with Disney , they have more lawyers and more money then most medium size countries---

[OldBaldy1701E]

13. That is what I am hoping.

That weasel should be taken out by Disney. They can do it if they want to, as they control more than the rethugs want to admit. Go on, DeSantis. But I got news for you. They are way more than Goliath. And, you ain't even David. I hope the mouse takes him down hard.

[TomSlick]

17. Don't mess with the mouse.

[Cheezoholic]

12. Enemy of my enemy etc.

But lets not forget, the Disney of today is not Walt's fantasy, as if that was even the façade he tried to sell.

[ificandream]

18. Walt Disney was a progressive.

Quoting Walt Disney: ""Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious … and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths."

[obamanut2012]

19. Unless you were a woman, a man of color

Or wanted to unionize.

Walt Disney was a wingnut.

[modrepub]

14. Corporations Are Citizens

and therefore have the right to free speech. The (Republican) Supreme Court said so.

This is how Republicans roll. They see something they don't like, they mock it then force people (through legislation) to do what they say. And as a corollary they go ahead and do what they prohibit other folks from doing (abortions, extramarital affairs and so on).