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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(7,955 posts)
Sun May 14, 2023, 08:18 AM May 2023

'Go woke, go broke': Lauren Boebert joins Ron DeSantis in punishing Disney

So, it’s no surprise that Lauren Boebert, congresswoman and wife of a noted sex offender, has joined the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, in his crusade to erase the existence of LGBTQ+ people, all while also pissing off one of the biggest and most beloved corporations in his state.

In a recent statement (via Newsweek), Boebert has taken a direct aim at Disney by supporting a bill that would scrap the two no-fly zones that the company has over their amusement parks as “woke corporations shouldn’t get any favors from the government.”

Boebert, who is one of the original cosponsors of HR 3109, the bill in question, has established that she is against Disney getting any special treatment from the goverment.

“The FAA [Federal Aviation Authority] has no business granting a no-fly-zone over Disney parks. Universal Studios, Hershey Park, Six Flags, and other theme parks don’t have no-fly-zones over them, and it’s time for Disney to get the same treatment. No corporation should get preferential treatment from the government—especially when it is grooming children. Go woke, go broke.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/go-woke-go-broke-lauren-boebert-joins-ron-desantis-in-punishing-disney-for-opposing-don-t-say-gay-bill/ar-AA1b8XGS

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'Go woke, go broke': Lauren Boebert joins Ron DeSantis in punishing Disney (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2023 OP
Disgust leighbythesea2 May 2023 #1
I thought repukes were against "big government" Skittles May 2023 #2
Disney should pack up and build elsewhere. A more central pwb May 2023 #3
They had earmarked billions to Florida over the next 10 years, but now will be RKP5637 May 2023 #17
Yep. For DeSantis and likewise for Florida, it's... keep_left May 2023 #29
They don't have anyplace better to go ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #30
Disney should close its doors for remodeling for a couple years and Meadowoak May 2023 #4
Just until the next election. multigraincracker May 2023 #19
Yep Meadowoak May 2023 #23
so you make an agreement with a local government that can be changed on whim? dembotoz May 2023 #5
Lauren Boebert shouldn't say anything, especially when she's using meth. muriel_volestrangler May 2023 #6
Stick it in your ear, Boebert. CTyankee May 2023 #7
Boobert is just that.....a BOOB. I ProudMNDemocrat May 2023 #8
Ronnie Rat and Lauren Lummox will be broken long before Mickey Mouse. nt Grokenstein May 2023 #9
Say, "Weaponized goverment" in four words. Baitball Blogger May 2023 #10
If WDW would shut down for the Summer Norbert May 2023 #11
But that would cost tens of thousands of jobs, cause ... Whiskeytide May 2023 #33
Go fash? You trash. tanyev May 2023 #12
Fucking idiot Aviation Pro May 2023 #13
tell them jesus was woke. pansypoo53219 May 2023 #14
Oh I just know tomorrow KentuckyWoman May 2023 #15
When you look to the likes of Boebert or MTG for wisdom, then the battle is already lost. kentuck May 2023 #16
I can't recall another time when a governor forced a major corporation from their state. yardwork May 2023 #18
me either. BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2023 #32
This bill will get vetoed. FloridaBlues May 2023 #20
Because they're soft on terrorism Johonny May 2023 #21
Their enemy is a straw-man invention. Basic LA May 2023 #22
Disney, please spend a few bucks and do Colorado a favor........ spanone May 2023 #24
LOL! The "Party of Big Business" is for Big Biz up until it GoCubsGo May 2023 #25
Go Woke Or Go BROKE Fuckface Cha May 2023 #26
GOP lawmakers are now attacking Disney at the federal level LetMyPeopleVote May 2023 #27
Disney isn't a no fly zone Conjuay May 2023 #28
Bobo and DeSatan will be at fault if a plane crashes at Disney World. roamer65 May 2023 #31

leighbythesea2

(1,200 posts)
1. Disgust
Sun May 14, 2023, 08:22 AM
May 2023

I must say here however, they’re good at the four word dumbed down we-hate-progressive (or even popular normal concepts) messaging.

Disney is not going to go broke of course.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
2. I thought repukes were against "big government"
Sun May 14, 2023, 08:23 AM
May 2023

but now they love making decisions for women and fucking with private companies? gee that sounds more like something FASCISTS WOULD DO

pwb

(11,276 posts)
3. Disney should pack up and build elsewhere. A more central
Sun May 14, 2023, 08:24 AM
May 2023

location would be nice. It is too expensive to fly a family to the end of the country. Florida is all played out for Disney IMO.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
17. They had earmarked billions to Florida over the next 10 years, but now will be
Sun May 14, 2023, 10:22 AM
May 2023

questioning that decision. I've heard they want to create a third theme park but nothing like CA or FL. It will be entirely new. I certainly doubt they will do anything more major in Florida.

 

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)
30. They don't have anyplace better to go
Mon May 15, 2023, 09:54 PM
May 2023

South Texas is the only option in the center of the country that has the weather conditions they need to stay open year round. Do you think the traitor party leadership in Texas would treat them any better?

Meadowoak

(5,551 posts)
4. Disney should close its doors for remodeling for a couple years and
Sun May 14, 2023, 08:26 AM
May 2023

We'll see who goes broke, I'm thinking the state of Florida, can you imagine how many hotels, restaurants, car rental agencies etc. Depend on Disney.

dembotoz

(16,808 posts)
5. so you make an agreement with a local government that can be changed on whim?
Sun May 14, 2023, 08:32 AM
May 2023

any contract can be broken? much like trump wedding vows.....

muriel_volestrangler

(101,321 posts)
6. Lauren Boebert shouldn't say anything, especially when she's using meth.
Sun May 14, 2023, 08:38 AM
May 2023

That's as accurate a qualification as hers about Disney.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
8. Boobert is just that.....a BOOB. I
Sun May 14, 2023, 08:38 AM
May 2023

I am certain Colorado has its share of "woke" businesses.

Go after them. Lauren snd see how far you get.

Baitball Blogger

(46,731 posts)
10. Say, "Weaponized goverment" in four words.
Sun May 14, 2023, 08:54 AM
May 2023

Go woke, go broke.

Such a glaring First Amendment violation. History will look back at this time and say, WTF! What took the Dems so long to unseat these losers.

Norbert

(6,040 posts)
11. If WDW would shut down for the Summer
Sun May 14, 2023, 08:58 AM
May 2023

They may lose a lot of money but they would bring DeSatan and the state legislature to their knees.

Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)
33. But that would cost tens of thousands of jobs, cause ...
Tue May 16, 2023, 06:28 AM
May 2023

… a lot of innocents to suffer, and make Disney the bad guy. Better to invest that $ into changing FL’s regime.

KentuckyWoman

(6,685 posts)
15. Oh I just know tomorrow
Sun May 14, 2023, 09:21 AM
May 2023

She'll be calling on the justice dept to arrest DJT. Nobody should get preferential treatment from the government.

kentuck

(111,101 posts)
16. When you look to the likes of Boebert or MTG for wisdom, then the battle is already lost.
Sun May 14, 2023, 09:22 AM
May 2023

Republicans have a hard lesson to learn.

 

Basic LA

(2,047 posts)
22. Their enemy is a straw-man invention.
Sun May 14, 2023, 12:01 PM
May 2023

It exists only in their fevered imagination. At least during the Cold War, they had communism to focus their hate on. Now they have "Woke." Idiots.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
25. LOL! The "Party of Big Business" is for Big Biz up until it
Sun May 14, 2023, 01:11 PM
May 2023

steps on their culture wars. I hope they all start cutting off the money spigot to these fucks.

Cha

(297,285 posts)
26. Go Woke Or Go BROKE Fuckface
Sun May 14, 2023, 02:01 PM
May 2023

deMussolini Wannabe is Ruining Florida.

Adam Frisch can use that in his Ads against Dumbert.. She Hates Mickey Mouse/Disney World.

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,293 posts)
27. GOP lawmakers are now attacking Disney at the federal level
Sun May 14, 2023, 03:41 PM
May 2023

DeathSantis is having his allies in Congress attack Disney



https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/disney-desantis-boebert-no-fly-zone-rcna84030?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma&taid=645e0e41903867000155c8de&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Republicans aren’t done targeting Disney in their political, disinformation-riddled war on free enterprise.

Late last week, several House Republicans introduced a bill that would rescind special no-fly zones federally authorized above two Disney properties: Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

It’s the latest example of the GOP, which is known for favoring corporate interests, seemingly targeting a corporation because of its political independence. Disney, of course, has been under attack by conservatives — especially Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — ever since company leadership spoke out against bigoted legislation, signed by DeSantis, that restricts in-school discussions about LGBTQ people.

I am pissed that it is my congresscritter who filed this bill
Rep. Troy Nehls, a Texas Republican, first introduced the Airlines Independent of Restrictions Act targeting Disney’s “no-fly zones” last June. He reintroduced it Friday, with co-sponsors including right-wing extremists Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado.

“Theme parks like Disney should not receive special treatment just because they are well-connected,” Nehls said in a news release upon the bill’s reintroduction. “Our national security should not be compromised to fit the needs of one corporation.”

Nehls is a low life scum bucket
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