While Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been enmeshed in a legal feud with Disney, GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy took DeSantis to task for being too close to Disney in 2021. A 2021 bill shows Ramaswamy has a point.
ar with Mickey Mouse. The conservative entrepreneur said DeSantis has shown more deference toward The Walt Disney Co. than his current, well-publicized feud would suggest.on NBC’s"Meet the Press," his first on the program, Ramaswamy spotlighted an exception written into a 2021 Florida law targeted at social media companies and that protected Walt Disney, a major Florida employer.
"So, Florida passed this political anti-discrimination statute, which I applauded at the time," Ramaswamy said."It said if you operate internet companies, this includes streaming services like Disney does, that you can’t engage in viewpoint discrimination.
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