Florida Gov. DeSantis seems to have added yet another company to his list of enemies. (via thereidout Blog)
and his inclination to punish companies that run afoul of his right-wing rhetoric have all built his brand as an anti-democratic power broker in his party.
Now, DeSantis seems to have added another company to his list of enemies. After the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team calling for gun safety laws following last week’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, DeSantis has vetoed funding for a new facility that was to be used by the team.on the right-wing blog site Outkick, which said the veto was a response to the Rays’ Twitter posts. DeSantis’ press secretary retweeted the article, all but confirming the governor’s motives.
This kind of political targeting is a mainstay of DeSantis’ right-wing vision for Florida. He and other Republican officials are leading a push to revoke Disney’s special tax status, which thousands of other entities and organizations receive, because the company came out against a homophobic bill DeSantis signed in March.
, DeSantis also targeted the Special Olympics. ABC reporter Jay O’Brien reported Friday that DeSantis threatened the organization with $27.5 million in fines if it required Covid-19 vaccines to participate in its games in Orlando.There is truly no threat he’s too ashamed to make, nor is there any cause too petty for DeSantis to brutally wield his executive power. The Rays are just the latest in a growing list of organizations DeSantis has tried to place under his thumb.
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