Disney on Thursday appealed a judge’s dismissal of its free speech lawsuit over what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ retaliatory takeover of Walt Disney World’s governing district, as the Florida governor separately called any appeal “a mistake.”
“They were wrong and we were right,” DeSantis said at a news conference in Jacksonville a day after the ruling. “They should move on.”
Disney filed a notice of appeal over Wednesday’s ruling by a federal judge in Tallahassee, saying that it would set a dangerous precedent if left unchallenged by giving states the green light to weaponize their powers to punish opposing viewpoints. A separate lawsuit over who controls the district also is still pending in state court in Orlando.
Disney had argued that legislation signed by DeSantis and passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature transferring control of the Disney World governing district from Disney supporters to DeSantis appointees was in retaliation for the company publicly opposing the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. The 2022 law banned classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades and was championed by DeSantis, who had used Disney as a punching bag in speeches on the campaign trail until he recently suspended his campaign for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
They aren’t going to move on, they are going to appeal this into Federal court, which is where DeSantis goes to lose & fan his humiliation kink.
The Mouse is going to end DeSantis’ political career, bet.
dudes been done
I think it started with those cute boots
The boots were cute, but would have been far more so on a stripper. Just didn’t mesh with his style imho.
Or lack of style in this case.
The humil kink explains the boots, and I guess even the bizarre “pudding fingers” thing.
Certainly explains some of the ridiculous things he says, as well.
Seems to be a commonality among that wing of the GOP.
Not judging ofc, we all dig whatever we dig. But maybe we should separate kink and politics, preferably with zero intersection between them. The MFL folks who enjoyed playing with another woman are totally justified in doing so - it’s the hypocrisy of it all that I have trouble with.