The ongoing feud between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Co. took another turn Wednesday when the company filed suit against DeSantis, alleging the governor waged a 'targeted campaign of government retaliation' over 'protected speech.'
, alleging the governor waged a"targeted campaign of government retaliation" over"protected speech."
Things escalated last year when the 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. Disney CEO Bob Iger defended the move at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting, calling the governor’s attempts at retaliation “anti-business and anti-Florida.”."[DeSantis] retaliates against us — in effect to punish a company for exercising its constitutional right. And that seems really wrong to me.
"Disney regrets that it has come to this," the company said. “But having exhausted efforts to seek a resolution, the company is left with no choice but to file this lawsuit to protect its cast members, guests, and local development partners from a relentless campaign to weaponize government power against Disney in retaliation for expressing a political viewpoint unpopular with certain state officials.
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