Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's ongoing war with the Walt Disney Co. is once again in the spotlight after former President Donald Trump criticized his would-be opponent in the 2024 Republican presidential primary for what he called an 'unnecessary political stunt.'
April 19, 2023 at 3:20 pm EDT
Things escalated last year when the Florida governor took aim at Disney for publicly opposing legislation restricting schools from teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity, which critics called the state's"Don't Say Gay" law. "A company has a right to freedom of speech just like an individual does," Iger said of Disney's criticism of Florida's"Don't Say Gay" law,
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