Gov. Ron DeSantis’ feud with Disney got a new wrinkle Monday morning, with a board of his allies unanimously voting to launch a lawsuit against the company.
Members of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District—a group made up of DeSantis appointees—are authorizing legal action in response to Disney suing the Florida governor last Wednesday over retaliation for opposing the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “We will seek justice in our own backyard,” said Martin Garcia, chair of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.
DeSantis’songoing clash with thein the world has earned him criticism from his own party as he prepares to launch his presidential bid. “It’s not the role of government to punish a business when you disagree with what they’re saying or a position that they take,”, the Republican former governor of Arkansas, on Sunday.
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