DeSantis called the litigation without “merit” and “political,” while defending his moves against the Mouse House as merely putting the company on an equal playing field with other theme parks and resorts.
As proof, Disney’s lawsuit included numerous statements that the governor made after signing legislation that ended the company’s control of the“I don’t think the suit has merit,” DeSantis said. “I think it’s political. I think they filed in Tallahassee for a reason because they are trying to generate some district court decision, but we’re very confident on the law. …The days of putting one company on a pedestal with no accountability are over in the state of Florida.
“I will say a lot of Floridians were upset, particularly parents, that they really went so headstrong into trying to get the sexualization of the curriculum into the elementary schools,” DeSantis said. “We don’t think that that’s appropriate in Florida, and that spans partisan, spans everything. Parents, they want kids to be kids, and they want to focus on the basics of academics.”