A.G. Gancarski
Rick Scott would like to see peace between Ron DeSantis and The Walt Disney Co.
During a radio hit on WIOD, the Senator said Governors need to “work with” companies, a seeming rebuke to DeSantis’ ongoing war with the company in the wake of its resistance to 2022’s Parental Rights in Education law.
“We’ve got to figure out how to work with our companies. My goal is to sit down with people and find out: ‘How do you get things done?’ ” Scott said.
“I got conservative things passed every year I was Governor,” he added. “So I think it’s important that every Governor in the country work with their business community to say, ‘How can we work together?'”
Scott went on to note that Disney is a leading economic engine in the state.
“I think half the people who come to Florida as tourists go to Disney … 25% of our sales tax is paid by tourists,” Scott said. “So it’s a big deal for our budget.”
“I hope that cooler heads are going to prevail and we get this resolved,” he added.
Scott then recounted a story of his own parents’ difficulty in finding work.
“I grew up with parents without jobs,” Scott explained. “It’s just a horrible experience when you, when your parents are struggling to put food on the table and they’re crying about how they don’t have enough money when you watch your little brother can’t get the health care he needs.”
Scott’s comments track with other recent thoughts on the DeSantis divide with Disney.
“I mean, we’ve got to (let) cooler heads prevail,” Scott recently told Fox News Radio’s Brian Kilmeade, echoing what he said weeks ago on the subject.
The Governor signed legislation changing Disney’s special district in the wake of the company opposing 2022’s Parental Rights in Education law, leading to Disney filing a federal lawsuit against DeSantis and other state parties for a “targeted campaign of government retaliation.”
DeSantis is leaning into the fight, saying the former Reedy Creek Improvement District was “not good for Florida” last Thursday while in Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, the state-appointed Central Florida Tourism Oversight Board that replaced Reedy Creek plans to countersue Disney in state court. And the state is ready to inspect Disney’s monorail, in another punitive measure.
This all suggests that “cooler heads” won’t “prevail” anytime soon.
11 comments
Jean Wingo
May 4, 2023 at 8:49 am
Scott and other Republicans need to work on their own election and stop criticizing Republicans. DeSantis is doing the right thing with Disney. We don’t need a part of CA in the middle of our state.
FLPatriotNotaCon
May 4, 2023 at 10:56 am
You are not very bright.
Liberal Lunatic
May 4, 2023 at 1:35 pm
You must have put a lot of thought in that response. I guess you need a teleprompter like many in your party. Disney needs to go to DeSantis, not the other way around. If Disney wants to embrace wokeness then take it back to the People’s Republic of Kalifornia.
Josh Green
May 4, 2023 at 2:46 pm
I’m sure you would have been very popular with the leadership in 1940’s Germany, because you sound like a straight up authoritarian. It’s cultish how much you people adore Big Government autocrats like DeSantis these days.
Ned
May 4, 2023 at 4:47 pm
Nah. Disney will just make Floriduh pay when they kick their ass in Federal court. Private enterprise is the big fish here. If they can’t get a fair deal for them in Florida, they can and will invest elsewhere.
Josh Green
May 4, 2023 at 11:18 am
“DeSantis is doing the right thing with Disney.”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
“We don’t need a part of CA in the middle of our state.”
Are you talking about The Villages? The biggest special district in the entire country, that has the same self-governing privileges as Disney?
Earl Pitts American
May 4, 2023 at 9:19 am
Good morning America,
Well its finally happened. Scott’s turned into a full fledged card carrying member of the DC Swamp. Most likely Scott’s already had his testicals removed, placed in a jar of alcohol, and FedExed to The Lincoln Project as his price of entry into that nutless RINO club.
Rick Rick Rick I thought we had talked this over and I, Earl Pitts American, had given you instructions. Rick I told you that due to Geezer 8iden’s epic fail America was through electing Geezers. Thus there is no way Geezer Trump will get the nod from the American People [Rick the American People are your boss – Not the DC Swamp – Not Trump].
To add insult to injury Rick you just whizzed off the next POTUS, Ron Desantis, and your testicals are in route to The Lincoln Project.
Rick you’ve gone off the deep end son, get help, back out of your commitment to the nutless Lincoln Project, and get a doctor to sew you in a set of newticals son (newticals are those fake testicals) so at least you can still pretend to be a man. Take my advice, disavow your disrespect of the next POTUS Desantis and get The Lincoln Project to mail back your jar of testicals.
Thank you America,
Earl Pitts “Political Advisor” American
FLPatriotNotaCon
May 4, 2023 at 10:58 am
Rick is light years ahead of you in the intellect arena. Go back to sleep in your single wide and let the educated grown ups deal with the issues.
Marc
May 4, 2023 at 1:16 pm
Earl, you still don’t understand diversity. That’s what the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is!!! Is your IQ 25 ?
Ned
May 4, 2023 at 4:50 pm
LP has done a great job helping defeat Trump and his endorsees. And they live rent-free in Trump’s head.
Jojo
May 4, 2023 at 6:25 pm
Congrats on misspelling “testicles” so many times.
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