Newsom had previously called on Disney to reverse a move to relocate 2,000 workers from California to Florida.
,"THIS is what 'business friendly' means? We protect free speech in California. We help our businesses grow, thrive, and invent the future. Punishing businesses for speaking out against hatred is the move of an authoritarian regime."Disney to reverse a move to relocate 2,000 workers from California to Florida. His office did not return multiple requests for comment asking whether the governor has had recent conversations with Disney executives on the matter.
Meanwhile, DeSantis' office bristled at being called an"authoritarian regime" and returned fire on Newsom. "It is not 'retaliatory' to pass legislation that allows all corporations to do business in a fairer environment," DeSantis press secretary Christina Pushaw wrote in an email."In fact, getting rid of crony corporatist carve-outs is antithetical to authoritarian systems. More broadly, it’s ironic that a governor whose lockdowns forced Disney and other parks to remain closed for 13 months is suddenly accusing an anti-lockdown, anti-mandate governor of 'authoritarianism.
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