Spineless Republicans Beg DeSantis to Surrender to Disney in Pathetic Showing

[Kamaji]

Spineless Republicans Beg DeSantis to Surrender to Disney in Pathetic Showing

By Bonchie
May 18, 2023

On Thursday, news broke that Disney had canceled an office complex project that was set to add 2,000 jobs to Florida’s economy. That was the headline at least. Of course, there was more to the story.

In reality, the project had been placed on hold back in 2021 and postponed to 2026 due to various financial concerns. When current CEO Bog Iger took back over the beleaguered entertainment company, that was the final nail in the coffin because he long thought the entire project was a terrible investment. Obviously, he’s right, as building large office buildings post-COVID is like setting money on fire. The fact that Disney has been hemorrhaging money overall didn’t help either, and nixing the entire project was an easy cost-cutting move.

Regardless, leave it to the press to suck up to Disney and misrepresent the entire situation. That’s exactly what The New York Times did by conflating Gov. Ron DeSantis’ battle with the company with the decision to cut the project. If you read deep enough, the Times reveals there’s no solid connection, but once a narrative is established, it’s hard to neutralize it.

https://twitter.com/varadmehta/status/1659276844481257472

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Source:  https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/05/18/spineless-republicans-beg-desantis-to-surrender-to-disney-in-pathetic-showing-n748269

[Cyber Liberty]

The Mayor of Miami, as an example.

[rangerrebew]

Democrats may be evil, corrupt, and hate America but repugnantcans are cowardly, spineless, and don't love America and freedom enough to try and stop the maliciousness destruction of the country by democrats.

[cato potatoe]

These would have made fine republicans circa 2008.  Francis Suarez in particular has outed himself as a squish.  We cannot let him become governor in 2026.

Disney is not in a position to fund Lake Nona or the other $17 billion they have floated.  They have to cut back in order to prevent their stock price from imploding. 

[roamer_1]

Disney is not in a position to fund Lake Nona or the other $17 billion they have floated.  They have to cut back in order to prevent their stock price from imploding.

... Amid massive layoffs rumored as well...

[jafo2010]

Gov DeSantis is 100% right in what he has done to date with Disney.  Disney is being totally dishonest, and I say screw the woke organization.  I encourage everyone to boycott anything Disney.

[libertybele]

Gov DeSantis is 100% right in what he has done to date with Disney.  Disney is being totally dishonest, and I say screw the woke organization.  I encourage everyone to boycott anything Disney.

We were there with our kids a couple of times quite awhile ago; it was a delightful vacation. No way would I take them these days.