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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure into law on Friday evening that dissolves Walt Disney World’s special governing power in the state after
the company announced public opposition to a new parental rights law in
the state.

At the bill signing ceremony, DeSantis said Disney lied about the content
of the state's new "Parental Rights in Education" law, and he viewed the company’s vow to fight it as unacceptable.

WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT OPPOSES DESANTIS TAKING ACTION AGAINST DISNEY

"You’re a corporation based in Burbank, California, and you’re gonna
marshal your economic might to attack the parents of my state. We view
that as a provocation, and we’re going to fight back against that,"
DeSantis said.

The Florida Senate voted 23-16 Wednesday to remove the status and the
Florida House followed suit in a 70-38 vote on Thursday.

The special status, known as The Reedy Creek Improvement Act, was signed
into law in May 1967 by Gov. Claude Kirk in response to lobbying efforts
by Disney. The entertainment giant proposed building a recreation-oriented development on 25,000 acres of property in a remote area of Central
Florida's Orange and Osceola counties, which consisted of 38.5 square
miles of largely uninhabited pasture and swampland.

Orange and Osceola County did not have the services or resources needed to bring the project to life, so the state legislature worked with Disney to establish the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a special taxing district
that allows the company to act with the same authority and responsibility
as a county government.

Disney released a statement shortly after DeSantis signed the parental
rights bill and vowed to help fight the law in court.

"Florida’s HB 1557, also known as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, should never
have passed and should never have been signed into law," Disney said. "Our
goal as a company is for this law to be repealed by the legislature or
struck down in the courts, and we remain committed to supporting the
national and state organizations working to achieve that. We are dedicated
to standing up for the rights and safety of LGBTQ+ members of the Disney family, as well as the LGBTQ+ community in Florida and across the
country."

DeSantis has pushed back against the company multiple times and pledged to oppose the "wokeness" he says the company is promoting.

"Look, there’s policy disputes, and that’s fine," DeSantis said earlier
this month, "but when you're trying to impose a woke ideology on our
state, we view that as a significant threat."

"This wokeness will destroy this country if we let it run unabated,"
DeSantis added. "So in Florida, we take a very big stand against that."

On Thursday, the White House said it opposes efforts by Florida to target Disney.

DISNEY STOCK TUMBLES AMID FLORIDA BILL CONTROVERSY

"So, our view is this — is that the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is really crystal clear: It’s wrong. That’s our view: It is just wrong," White House deputy
press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a flight to Portland,
Oregon, aboard Air Force One. "We oppose the governor taking action
against a company because of their opposition to that bill. And we’re
just going to leave it there for now; we’re not going to say anymore to
that."

In addition to his signing of the measure targeting Disney, DeSantis also signed into law on Friday a measure dubbed the "Stop WOKE Act" that
prohibits critical race theory from being discussed in classrooms and in corporate settings, such as employee trainings.

Introduced by DeSantis last December, the bill known as the "Individual Freedom" measure, prevents schools and corporations from "subjecting any student or employee to training or instruction that espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels such individual to believe specified
concepts constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin."

The Florida Department of Education previously enacted a rule to prevent CRT-inspired content in the state's K-12 schools. DeSantis has
emphatically condemned critical race theory — a framework that involves deconstructing aspects of society to discover systemic racism beneath the surface.

"We're here today because we believe in education, not indoctrination," DeSantis said before signing the measure on Friday. "We believe an
important component of freedom in the state of Florida is the freedom from having oppressive ideologies opposed upon you without your consent."

"We are not going to use your tax dollars to teach your kids to hate this country or hate each other," he added.

The new law also removes Disney's carve out in the Big Tech censorship
bill.

On Friday, the state of Florida released four examples from textbooks it
has rejected from its school system amid concerns over the promotion of Critical Race Theory and common core principles.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-signs-bill-stripping-disney- self-governing-status

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