Disney's latest salvo against Ron DeSantis escalates the legal battle over its Florida theme parks.
Like an old-fashioned bar room brawl, the back-and-forth public relations, political and legal battle between Ron DeSantis and Walt Disney World began with a few sharp words.In its latest salvo, Disney has filed suit against Mr DeSantis, alleging that he had "weaponised government power" to punish its theme parks division for exercising its constitutionally protected free speech rights.
That began an escalating series of action and response. The state revoked Disney's self-governing pact for the 40 square miles of land occupied by the Walt Disney World theme parks and associated enterprises. It is the kind of escalation where no one is likely to come out a winner, the price for backing down becomes too high to contemplate and everyone ends up diminished - a World War One scenario played out on a sun-scorched, swamp-filled peninsula.
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