Disney has predictably caved to pressure from the Left on the bill protecting young children from LGBT garbage. They had said they were staying on the sidelines over a week ago, but being the leftists they really are, they’ve switched and are now trying to pressure DeSantis to veto the bill.
DC EXAMINER – Disney’s public relations team may have made a bibbidi bobbidi boo-boo, denouncing sex education legislation in Florida despite the CEO’s initial reluctance to enter the fray.
CEO Bob Chapek told his shareholders the company’s initial strategy of staying on the sidelines regarding Florida’s bill, which would prohibit discussions of “sexual orientation and gender identity” for students from kindergarten to the third grade, “didn’t get the job done” and that he plans to meet with Gov. Ron DeSantis to discuss his concerns.
“We were opposed to the bill from the outset, but we chose not to take a public position on it because we thought we could be more effective working behind the scenes, engaging directly with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle,” he told shareholders, CNBC reported. “We were hopeful that our longstanding relationships with those lawmakers would enable us to achieve a better outcome, but despite weeks of effort we were ultimately unsuccessful.”
They called DeSantis today and he spoke with them, but his office released a statement saying nothing has changed and no meeting is scheduled. He also suggested that people read the bill and not the distorted coverage of the mainstream media:
Statement from @GovRonDeSantis Office about today’s call from Disney regarding Florida’s parental rights in education bill: pic.twitter.com/gN0ZdZpeKj
— Christina Pushaw 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) March 9, 2022
I love how at the very end DeSantis puts the emphasis on Disney having ‘family-friendly’ entertainment and Florida parents don’t want them to expose children to inappropriate content about sex and gender theory.