Fighting government overreach apparently takes a back seat to owning the libs. (via MaddowBlog)
Though the board is tasked with overseeing duties such as sewage treatment and road maintenance at Disney’s properties, DeSantis suggested Monday that he is also expecting it to act as a sort of moral arbiter for the company he has described as a “woke Burbank corporation” that is “trying to inject woke ideology” on children.
“When you lose your way, you’ve got to have people that are going to tell you the truth,” DeSantis said. “So we hope they can get back on. But I think all of these board members very much would like to see the type of entertainment that all families can appreciate.”added that the new board member won’t have direct control over Disney’s creative content, “but because the new appointees hold purse strings over infrastructure projects, they could influence Disney’s decisions.
So let’s take stock. DeSantis decided to use the power of his political office to punish a company, not for engaging in wrongdoing, but for expressing an inconsequential opinion he didn’t like. After advancing that policy, the GOP governor publicly raised the prospect of his political appointees using their official influence to nudge an entertainment company to produce content in line with DeSantis’ preferences.
In related news, I still remember the days when Republicans supported limited government and decried anything that resembled government overreach.that DeSantis was becoming a “big-government authoritarian,” he clearly had a point., in early months of his presidency, Barack Obama faced a long list of crises, including the prospect of the U.S. auto industry collapsing.
The right was apoplectic, not because conservatives thought the plan would fail, but because they saw it as an outrageous example of government interference in the free market. In fact, from
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