Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is pursuing the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said in an interview with OutKick’s Clay Travis that Disney’s Florida-based employees took his side when the entertainment giant feuded with the governor over education policy.
DeSantis told Travis that Disney’s opposition to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Law, which critics dubbed the "Don’t Say Gay" bill, wasn’t nearly as strong among the company’s Florida-based employees when compared to their colleagues in southern California.
"I remember when they were protesting us on this, when the bill was coming up, they were like, ‘Disney’s going to do a big protest.’ The Burbank people were out protesting. Orlando, there were news crews with helicopters, and there was like one guy, and he had a mask on, and he had like a sign that says like, ‘Trans lives matter,’ something like that. Like one guy, and it just shows you they were way out of step with that," DeSantis said.
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DeSantis has argued Disney’s opposition to the law — which prohibits classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in lower grade levels — showed a disconnect between the company and parents who want to ensure that classroom discussions of sexual issues to which their children are exposed are age-appropriate.
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