Ron DeSantis' ongoing disaster with Disney is getting worse for him. It turns out his own memoir...

[demmiblue]

Ron DeSantis' ongoing disaster with Disney is getting worse for him. It turns out his own memoir repeatedly admits that he weaponized the state against Disney for criticizing "don't say gay." Disney extensively cites his book in its lawsuit against him:

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Disney’s lawsuit cites exactly these passages. DeSantis — who signed a law taking control of Disney’s special self-governing district, and moved to nullify the company’s efforts to work around it — repeatedly flaunts the truth: These were retaliation against Disney for opposing his “don’t say gay” law limiting classroom discussion of sex and gender.

- DeSantis’s book brags about his rapid mobilization of the state legislature to target Disney’s tax district. The same passage declares that this happened because of the company’s “support of indoctrinating young schoolchildren in woke gender identity politics.” That admits to retribution against speech opposing his legislation.

- The book rips Disney for vowing to work to repeal the governor’s law, describing this as “a frontal assault” on it. That, too, is a description of political speech. Yet the book menacingly declares that, after this, “things got worse for Disney,” and that it would “soon find out” the truth about Florida’s war with Disney, i.e., the state would punish that speech.

- The book describes DeSantis’s discussions with Republicans in the Florida legislature about whether they were prepared to tackle the “thorny issue involving the state’s most powerful company.” That confirms Disney was the unique target of legislative action.

- In a companion to the book’s launch, DeSantis wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed that explicitly discussed governmental actions against Disney as an effort to “fight back” against its “woke ideology,” which is to say, its political speech.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/02/ron-desantis-disney-lawsuit-wokeness-donald-trump-2024/

[dchill]

1. Vengeance politics - good for everyone!

[Ray Bruns]

2. It may be bad for DeSantis, but for me, it keeps getting funnier after each headline

[tanyev]

3. My first name's Mo, my middle name's Ron, but you can call me MoRon.

[machoneman]

4. A fool and his money are soon parted. DeSatan's continued battle with Disney is a fool's errand.

Win or lose, Disney has made an air-tight case as to why DeSatan is wholly unqualified not only for the presidency but even to continue as governor. He'll remain as he's locked up with fellow R's in Tallahassee yet he's killing his national profile. Imagine all the $$$ Disney can expend attacking him directly or through Dem surrogate PACS.

[JCMach1]

9. Mouse don't play...

[Walleye]

5. Disney says that Ron the dork is about to go through some things

[Historic NY]

6. Well, I think the book would certainly be outside the scope of his role as Governor.

Why because he not the state profits from the sale. That may be enough to push for damages, and Disney has a successful legal history. The people in Celebration are becoming WOKE to Desantis.

[70sEraVet]

7. His need to brag about his successes, will succeed in being the cause of his demise.

[jcgoldie]

8. Thought he was smart Trump

Turns out he's just boring Trump.

[BeyondGeography]

10. The discovery phase should be Ron's Waterloo

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

11. yep...every speech, DeSantis BRAYS about vengeance.

[LonePirate]

12. He clearly doesn't believe laws or the Constitution apply to him.

I can’t wait to see how this lawsuit fares for him, which I suspect will be very poorly.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. DeSantis hands the mouse a big piece of cheese

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