DeSantis says he's 'not backing down' while ripping Disney during Wisconsin speech: 'They do not run the state of Florida'

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis bragged Saturday that he was the first governor
to put The Walt Disney Company in its place after the mega-corporation
tried to push back against his legislative agenda.

“I’m not backing down,” DeSantis said during a speech at the GOP Lincoln
Day Dinner in Wisconsin.

“We run the state of Florida. They do not run the state of Florida.”

The Republican governor — and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential
candidate — has been battling Disney since the conglomerate publicly
opposed the state’s so called “Don’t Say Gay” law, which bans classroom
instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity across all
grades.

Disney put out a statement claiming that the legislation stifles LGBTQ+
communities, but DeSantis defended it as a measure that would prevent
educators from “trying to shove an agenda down [children’s] throats.”

“Basically for over 50 years anything Disney has wanted in the political
process it has gotten,” DeSantis said.

“So people said, ‘The fact that Disney has come out against this
legislation for parents’ rights means there is no way the governor can
sign it. They’re just too powerful.'”

DeSantis then bragged about stripping Disney’s longtime ability to self-
govern itself within the state of Florida.

He signed a bill into law Friday that gives a new board he controls the
power to oversee development in the 25,000 acres surrounding Walt Disney
World in Orlando.

The Central Tourism Oversight District Board — whose members are appointed
by DeSantis — replaced a Disney-controlled district, effectively wresting
control from the company and handing it to the governor.

“They are no longer permitted to govern themselves in the state of
Florida. They are going to be held accountable. And there’s a new sheriff
in town,” DeSantis boasted.

However, Disney has filed suit against the state, claiming their First
Amendment rights were violated by DeSantis’ move and the old, Disney-run
board took actions before the DeSantis loyalists took over that limited
the new boards power to regulate Disney.

The Republican also took a jab at New York State during his 40-minute
speech.

DeSantis claimed the Empire state is wasting the millions of dollars it
recovers by imposing an income tax, a mandate he gloated Florida does not
require.

“New York State has millions of people fewer than Florida now, and yet
their budget is twice the size of our state budget. And yet we have better
roads, better services and better education,” DeSantis said.

“Where is that money going that New York is taxing all these people for?”

DeSantis made a similar dig in March during a speech in Las Vegas.


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