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Rep. Charlie Crist said Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to be “king of Florida” after targeting Disney.
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DeSantis signed a bill into law on Friday that strips Disney of its self-governing status.
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Crist, a Democrat in Congress and a former Florida governor, is running for his old seat against DeSantis.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ decision to strip Disney of its self-governing status was criticized as a “stupid move” by a former Florida governor.
Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist, who served as Florida governor from 2007 to 2011 as a Republican, criticized DeSantis in a tweet.
“Attacking Disney, threatening to damage the economic powerhouse of our state that creates so many jobs and attracts so many tourism dollars is a stupid move, any way you look at it. Ron is a threat to our state’s economy and he needs to go in November,” Crist said. in it cheep on Friday.
In an interview with the South Florida Sun-Sentinel On Thursday, Crist said DeSantis seems to want to be the “king of Florida,” calling the sitting governor “an angry guy.”
“What he’s trying to do is have a one-man government in this great state,” Crist told the Sentinel. “This governor seems to really want to centralize all the power in himself.”
Crist runs for governor to unseat DeSantis. He was recently endorsed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, Hill’s Max Greenwood reported.
DeSantis signed a bill on Friday to dissolve Walt Disney World from its self-governance capabilities by June 2023. It comes after Disney criticized Florida’s controversial parental rights in education legislation, dubbed by activists and critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill.
LGBTQ legislation was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis on March 28 and will go into effect on July 1. It would generally ban discussions of sexuality and gender identity in classrooms from kindergarten through third grade and allow parents to sue schools if staff members facilitate such discussions. conversations
The day DeSantis signed the bill into law, Disney released a statement vowing to advocate for the law’s repeal, saying it “should never have been passed and should never have become law.”
On Thursday, Crist told the Sentinel that Disney was being “punished” by DeSantis.
“They are being punished for challenging this governor and not living up to what he wanted them to do, to support this law that was so offensive to so many in our state. And this is how he responds? Crist told the outlet. “That is not serving with the heart of a servant. That’s wanting to be the king of Florida. Well, it’s not.”
Florida Senate Minority Leader Gary Farmer told Insider that DeSantis’s public spat with Disney is diverting attention from other legislative items on DeSantis’ agenda, namely the proposed new redistricting map that would give the GOP an edge in the state at the expense of black voters .
“Governor DeSantis’s attack on Disney was designed to act as a smokescreen for the much more devious original and singular purpose of this special session, the passage of a racist and unconstitutional redistricting plan,” Farmer said.
In a tweet on ThursdayCrist seemed to agree, saying DeSantis’ redistricting plan “silenced black and brown voices.”
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