Disney Pulls $1 Billion Investment From Florida, Asks Ron DeSantis If He’s Thirsty for More

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Disney has sent a clear message to Ron DeSantis that it is not f--king around.

in the state. It had been set to build an office complex in Orlando, which “would have brought more than 2,000 Disney jobs to the region, with $120,000 as the average salary,”reported, citing an estimate from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. That’s the sort of thing most local politicians love, but apparently, for DeSantis, making sure teachers can’t say the wordJosh D’Amaro,

Disney’s theme park and consumer products chairman, said, “changing business conditions” was the reason the project was being cancelled, adding, “I remain optimistic about the direction of our Walt Disney World business.” He also noted that the company still plans to spend $17 billion on construction at Disney World over the next decade—and create an estimated $13,000 jobs— but caveated it with “I hope we’re able to.

Last month, after DeSantis publicly mused about building a prison complex next to the Orlando theme park, former New Jersey governor: “Where are we headed here now, that if you express disagreement in this country, the government is allowed to punish you? To me, that’s what I always thought liberals did.” In its lawsuit, Disney wrote: “In America, the government cannot punish you for speaking your mind.”in an email: “Disney announced the possibility of a Lake Nona campus nearly two years ago.

Should DeSantis elaborate further, we presume it will be to say something stupid like, “There are plenty of other companies who want to do business in Florida who don’t support indoctrinating children.”Marjorie Taylor Greene simultaneously insists she’s not a white supremacist while claiming to feel threatened by a Black man (

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