Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has now blasted the Disney corporation for its close ties to the Chinese Communist party after it criticized his “Parental Rights In Education” bill.
As The Daily Wire reports:
In a video in which he spoke to Floridians, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis targeted Disney, whose CEO called DeSantis to criticize the Florida “Parental Rights In Education” bill. DeSantis said bluntly, “In the state of Florida, we are not going to allow them to inject transgenderism into kindergarten,” adding, “If that’s the hill that they’re going to die on, then how do they possibly explain lining their pockets with their relationship from the Communist Party of China?”
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“So here’s what I can tell you: In the state of Florida, we are not going to allow them to inject transgenderism into kindergarten,” DeSantis began in a video obtained by Fox News Digital. “First-graders shouldn’t have woke gender ideology imposed in their curriculums, and that is what we’re standing for, because we’re standing for the kids and we’re standing for the parents. And I can tell you this: The chance that I am going to back down from my commitment to students and back down from my commitment to parents’ rights simply because of fraudulent media narratives or pressure from woke corporations; the chances of that are zero.”
“And when you have companies that have made a fortune off being family-friendly and catering to families and young kids, they should understand that parents of young kids do not want this injected into their kids’ kindergarten classroom,” he warned. “They do not want their first-graders to go and be told that they can choose an opposite gender. That is not appropriate for those kids. So if you’re family-friendly, understand that parents who are actually raising families want to have their rights respected.”
Turning to Disney, he continued, “And I also think that you have companies like a Disney that are going to say and criticize parents’ rights; they’re going to criticize the fact that we don’t want transgenderism in kindergarten and first-grade classrooms. If that’s the hill that they’re going to die on, then how do they possibly explain lining their pockets with their relationship from the Communist Party of China? Because that’s what they do and they make a fortune; they don’t say a word about the really brutal practices that you see over there at the hands of the CCP. And so in Florida, our policy’s got to be based on the best interest of Florida citizens, not on the musing of woke corporations.”
In a video exclusively obtained by @FoxNews Digital. @GovRonDeSantis slams #Disney saying “In Florida, our policies got to be based on the best interest of Florida citizens, not on the musing of woke corporations.” pic.twitter.com/Op87xgsLzB
— Kelly Laco (@kelly_laco) March 10, 2022
Disney CEO Bob Chapek reportedly told shareholders that he had called DeSantis on Wednesday to express his ‘disappointment’ about the legislation.
Walt Disney (and Roy) would be turning over in his grave. These IDIOTS should change the name of their crap company and clean up Walt’s name!
Well now I have to reconsider my next Vacay. Good thing I Don’t have Disney reservations!
CEOs like Chapek don’t really care about the LGBTQ community. They only care about backlash from the woke/SJW mob on social media hurting their bottom line.
Ole Walt would have fired him on the spot.
Wow!!!
Disney’s final nail in the coffin of radical corporate behavior. China has immense human rights violations and Disney is happy to look the other way, and take their profits. Yet Americans who want Parental Rights for small/young children are bad to Disney! What a completely terrible company Disney has proven itself to be!
Disney, NBA and dozens of corporations and politicians are in China’s back pocket. I’ll bet Disney was under marching orders from China to embroil itself in this and other woketry.
the next thing that’s going to happen is mickey mouse is going to come out as transgender and minnie is going to come out as a lesbian
don’t forget that it was Walt’s Jimmeny Cricket that was given the line “human animals” …
Give ‘‘em hell Ron .. I would never go back to Disney ever again Piss on them ..Bunch of chicken shits
I agree with the Governor of Florida he is right the children should not be taught that they need to change their gender and as they get older they can talk about it with their parents not schools or businesses
Common sense is hard to find these day’s. Right on Ron.
Great Job, Gov. DeSantis. It’s about time someone with intelligence and caring responds to these WOKE corporate execs. I wonder if they would want their young children or grandchildren receive such “garbage” in school from teachers of questionable ethics or morals. Schools should be for teaching children subjects of math, science, reading, geography, history, arts, etc. It is and has never been designed to teach morals, ethics, sex, etc. That should be a parents responsibility
Sadly, Disney has become a disgrace. I’d love to see a massive boycott of all things Disney until they stop pushing and bowing down to this sick left wing BS. People need to realize that despite what they pretend to be, Disney is far more than a few cute movies. Look at all the channels and other things they own. Look at the things they actually support and stand against politically/socially. They have become an evil company that should not be supported.