JERUSALEM (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday shrugged off Disney’s lawsuit in opposition to him as politically motivated, and that it was time for the long-lasting firm to cease having fun with favorable therapy in his state.
Disney sued DeSantis on Wednesday over the Republican’s appointment of a board of supervisors in its self-governed theme park district, alleging the governor waged a “focused marketing campaign of presidency retaliation” after the corporate opposed a legislation critics name, “Don’t Say Homosexual.”
The authorized submitting is the most recent salvo in a greater than year-old feud between Disney and DeSantis that has engulfed the governor in criticism as he prepares to launch an anticipated 2024 presidential bid.
“They’re upset as a result of they’re having to stay by the identical guidelines as all people else. They don’t wish to pay the identical taxes as all people else they usually need to have the ability to management issues with out correct oversight,” DeSantis stated throughout a go to to Israel. “The times of placing one firm on a pedestal with no accountability are over within the state of Florida.”
DeSantis was talking on the third leg of a world journey meant to burnish his international coverage credentials forward of a possible marketing campaign for the Republican presidential nomination as a key rival to former President Donald Trump.
DeSantis has dived headlong into the fray with Disney, a serious driver of tourism and a font for employment in Florida, as enterprise leaders and White Home rivals have bashed his stance as a rejection of the small-government tenets of conservatism.
The struggle started final yr after Disney, within the face of great strain, publicly opposed a state legislation that bans classroom classes on sexual orientation and gender id in early grades, a coverage critics name “Don’t Say Homosexual.”
DeSantis then took over Disney World’s self-governing district and appointed a brand new board of supervisors to supervise municipal companies within the sprawling theme parks. However earlier than the brand new board got here in, the corporate pushed although an Eleventh-hour settlement that stripped the brand new supervisors of a lot of their authority.
The Disney lawsuit asks a federal choose to void the governor’s takeover of the theme park district, in addition to the DeSantis oversight board’s actions, on the grounds that they have been violations of the corporate’s free speech rights.
In a speech to a convention at Jerusalem’s Museum of Tolerance, DeSantis spelled out his Center East coverage, talking of the significance of the U.S.-Israel alliance. He stated Israel was the one authority that might shield freedom of worship for all in flamable Jerusalem and that the U.S. embassy was rightfully moved to town by the Trump administration, regardless of opposition from Palestinians.
He repeated his opposition to the deal that aimed to rein in Iran’s nuclear program, saying it empowered that nation’s rulers relatively than held them again. The Iran nuclear deal handed beneath Obama. His sucessor, Trump, revoked the U.S. settlement to it.
DeSantis additionally stated the U.S. shouldn’t intervene in the way in which Israel chooses to be ruled, a direct critique of President Joe Biden, who has voiced considerations a few contentious Israeli authorities plan to overtake the nation’s judiciary.
DeSantis started his multi-country journey in Japan after which traveled to South Korea. After Israel, he heads to Britain.
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Goldenberg reported from Tel Aviv, Israel.
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