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Disney sues DeSantis, calling park takeover 'retaliation'

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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE

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"this is all so unnecessary, a political STUNT!"

--Donald Trump

It'll be fun to see our MAGA friends trying to figure out who to back in this fight, Woke 45 or Wock Star Won.

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I always thought that little Ronnie doth complain too much when it comes to gay issues.

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alleging the governor waged a "targeted campaign of government retaliation" after the company opposed a law critics call “Don't Say Gay.”

It is amazing that a percentage of the electorate view a head of government using the majority of his and the administrations time to fight a company that makes cartoons and superhero movies worthwhile.

They would also view any resources spent to help the ,any working poor in Florida as government waste and , 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'.

This is the face of corporate propaganda.

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If the State of Florida underpays their state attorneys like they underpay their teachers, they are going to have a tough time going up against the Mouse.

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Disney popularity and profits are at an all time high. desantis picked the wrong fight.

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We are unaware of any legal right that a company has to operate its own government or maintain special privileges not held by other businesses in the state,

Other than the special purpose law the state negotiated specifically so that Disney would have the incentive to invest the tens of billions over the decades necessities make mikes of uninhabitable swamp into a public good.

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Disney, abortion, and the Ultra MAGA King are going to bring "Rockstar Ronnie" crashing down in flames...

For those that didn't see it, he had a bizarre interview this week while in Japan when asked about his falling poll numbers...he suddenly began channeling Disney character "Goofy"....what a meltdown...

https://newrepublic.com/post/172142/ron-desantis-short-circuits-asked-dropping-poll-numbers

Trump, who his supporters here says never lies to them, has called DeSantis a "phony, RINO Globalist who grooms HS girls"....and just this week slammed him again for his fight with Disney and saying Florida under DeSantis was "among the worst states to live in the US"....

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/21/donald-trump-says-ron-desantis-created-misery-and-despair-in-florida/70139811007/

Ask the MAGA-faithful here who is right, their Ultra MAGA King or Rockstar Ronnie and their brain freezes..."I don't care what they say about each other"....sure your hero can call your rockstar a pervert who grooms teenagers, and you don't care...

Just one example of the utter craziness of MAGA-world...

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And this actually is a 1st Amendment issue. The Governor cannot use the power of the state to retaliate against a company for taking a stand on social issues.

Rock star Ronnie is doing just that and has bragged about doing just that.

He’s bullied the legislature. He’s tried (poorly) to bully Disney. Let’s see him try to bully the Federal Judiciary.

Didn't work out too well for Don the com. Not too Lilly to work out so well for Bobble-head Ronnie either.

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Disney VS big Florida clown..

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didnt Disney thoroughly beat and outsmart the dumb DeSantis?

thats what we were told.

So why are they crying to a court for help now?

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didnt Disney thoroughly beat and outsmart the dumb DeSantis?

thats what we were told.

Yep, by this guy.

“DeSanctus is being absolutely destroyed by Disney."

--Donald Trump

So why are they crying to a court for help now?

Read the story. The answer is toward the top.

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didnt Disney thoroughly beat and outsmart the dumb DeSantis?

thats what we were told.

Yep, by this guy.

“DeSanctus is being absolutely destroyed by Disney."

--Donald Trump

BINGO!

Said the whole DeSantis Disney attack was just a "political stunt" and followed that up with "Florida under DeSantis was one of the worst states to live"...

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/21/donald-trump-says-ron-desantis-created-misery-and-despair-in-florida/70139811007/

And as they tell us, Trump never lies, so we know it's all true...

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I'm not sure the case is as cut and dried as some assume. I am betting however that Disney and the board of the Reedy Creek Improvement District met the letter of the law for permitted meetings, publishing the agenda in the requisite number of newspapers, etc. I'm not sure the free speech argument is going to get them as far in court as arguments about following government processes and the validity of the laws passed in the final weeks of the outgoing board. I suspect they are legally air tight but it remains to be seen. About the only prediction I want to make is that if an appeals court upholds whatever verdict the trial court reaches, the US Supreme Court won't touch it, and I believe both sides would be willing to go to SCOTUS if they were willing to take the case.

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Disney will probably send Mickey and Minnie to court as their lawyers. Desantis is a joke that has gone off the rails.

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Blacklabel

didnt Disney thoroughly beat and outsmart the dumb DeSantis?

thats what we were told.

Yup. That's right.

So why are they crying to a court for help now?

You need to teach bullies a lesson, otherwise, they will continue being bullies.

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didnt Disney thoroughly beat and outsmart the dumb DeSantis?

thats what we were told.

Yes.

So why are they crying to a court for help now?

Revenge? Because he deserves it? To stop him trying again?

All of these are valid reasons.

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The odds are that the actual lawyers at Disney will beat Bobble-Head Ronnie's "lawyers" like a drum in court because there, the facts and case law actually matter.

And this is such a poor look for a man trying to build a national profile: Picking on the largest employer in your state and a beloved figure (Mickey) because he is a thin-skinned bully.

Yeah, that is going to play really well in the swing states.

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well then i guess we dont have to worry about DeSantis getting the nomination.

Seems you would be happy about that.

Yet I feel some...unease. why?

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well then i guess we dont have to worry about DeSantis getting the nomination.

Seems you would be happy about that.

It was never a worry.

I hope he gets it, just so I can see him get thoroughly trounced on the national stage. If he or 45 get the nomination, it’s a win-win for the opposition and a gift from above for fans of comedy and schadenfreude.

In the meantime it’s highly entertaining watching them attack each other.

Yet I feel some...unease. why?

You are mistaken.

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You are mistaken.

an "earwitness" told me so.

guess they heard wrong, as earwitnesses often are.

-4 ( +0 / -4 )

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