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DeSantis says he’s ‘not backing down’ while ripping Disney during Wisconsin speech: ‘They do not run the state of Florida’
By Katherine Donlevy
May 6, 2023
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.”
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Source: https://nypost.com/2023/05/06/ron-desantis-slams-disney-during-wisconsin-speech/