DES MOINES, Iowa — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has argued that a standoff with the Walt Disney Company is consistent with his conservative principles of limited government.
CNN debate moderator Dana Bash criticized DeSantis on Wednesday for using state power to take control of the Disney District after publicly opposing the Parents' Bill of Rights in Education, which DeSantis supported. put pressure on Mr.
“The proper role of government is to protect children, if that means anything, and I have always defended their innocence. No. It's wrong to sexualize the curriculum. “Yes,” DeSantis responded.
“It's wrong to teach kindergartners that they can change their gender, as Disney wanted, or to tell third graders that they were born with the wrong body. So I took a stand against it. [that],” he explained.
DeSantis overcame intense criticism by supporting the bill in 2022. Critics called the bill the “Don't Say I'm Gay” law.
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“We took on Disney, we beat it, we won that battle, and now our children's lives are better. Nikki Haley sided with Disney. She made them “I invited him to South Carolina,” he continued.
To weaken Disney, Mr. DeSantis appointed hand-picked executives to the company's special district, which was renamed the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.
At the time, he defended the move, arguing that no other company in the Sunshine State enjoyed district-wide control.
Disney acquired the special district in the 1970s because its theme park occupies a large amount of land.
The company then sued the state of Florida in response, and the two sides have been embroiled in litigation ever since.
CNN hosted the 5th Republican Debate at Drake University. It will be the last game before the Iowa caucuses next Monday.
Former President Donald Trump was absent from the Fox News City Council debate, and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy was absent.
