Florida Republicans Are Right to Push Back against Disney

Going after Disney is the victim’s punch to the nose to correct the bully — stop attacking us, or we will defend ourselves.

Ihave to disagree with my fellow movement conservative Charles C. W. Cooke (and some others, judging from Twitter; namely, Hannah Cox and Brad Polumbo, but I’m sure there are more) about Disney’s smackdown by Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida legislature. It’s pretty indisputable that what gave rise to this effort was Disney’s vocal and unfair opposition to Florida’s parental-rights law, the one that prevented gender and sexuality topics from being taught to little kids by teachers in public schools. It should be noted that there is zero daylight between Cooke and me on this law. The issue is the need for this follow-on action on the part of DeSantis and the legislature.

For those unaware of the details: Yesterday, the Florida senate passed a law stripping Disney of some special tax and legal privileges it received when Disney World was built. (The Florida house is expected to follow suit today.) It’s important to note that the law doesn’t single out Disney, and is arguably a repeal of corporate welfare and backwater cronyism.