he's surrounded himself w/yes men (Lapado, Ruffo, that twitter spokeswoman hag) so here's to hoping the mouse keeps sinking him. He'd have to listen to fox et.al to correct course How is legality not an issue? If SCOTUS has determined time and time again that corporate speech is protected speech, how is the state coming after you over said speech through retaliatory means not stifling it and thus a 1st amendment violation?
Ah yes, because Newsom, or Biden or anyone else in the Democratic Party - all surrounded by hard challenging people that question.
The act of changing the district leadership and removing powers from Reedy Creek was decided on by the legislature... I dont think that by itself was an illegal act. Doing it in retaliation to free speech and constantly talking about how he was going after Disney is where he removes all doubt of intent.
Also lets be honest.... all Governors hand out special priviledges to bring business to their state via tax breaks and concessions or other favors..... its the only reason we have Honda or Audi plants in the U.S. or Amazon moved to Northern Va.... It is like Hillary rallying against wall street and money interests while running a campaign supported by those same people.
You do realize the law does not distinguish between who picked a fight, only between who violated the law or the constitution. If I go up to you in a bar and call you a name you dont get kill me because I picked a fight. A corporation expressing its 1st amendment right is legal, a government official passing retaliatory legislation for free speech is not. It is very hard for people to sometimes separate the law from the political stance. If mcAuliffe beat Youngkin for VA and decided the NRA (headquartered in Northern VA) was speaking out against any gun control laws they tried to pass and McAuliffe decided to revoke longstanding tax breaks or concessions for being in Va it would be illegal. When the public moved against Nike, Bud Light, Chik Fil A or Papa John...it was the public voting with their feet and dollars...not the government violating constitutional rights. Just because you dislike the stance Disney took does not make the actions correct.
They'll never get it. They didn't get it during boycotts ("cancel culture"), they didn't get it during counter protests, they didn't get it when Twitter, fb, google, youtube, moderated content. They won't get it now.
The MAGA's don't understand that Republicans are pro business, they don't legislate the fascist shit DeSantis has been doing. Ronnie High Heels is not a Republican.