Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick wants Texans to know about some recent changes to his social life. “I AM DONE WITH DISNEY!” he declared Monday, in the subject line of an email.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick presides over the Texas Senate on the second day of a special session ordered by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, in Austin, Texas, Wednesday, July 19, 2017.Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick wants Texans to know about some recent changes to his social life.He continued, again in all caps, but let me spare you: “Disney has violated their sacred trust with parents as they actively plan to indoctrinate and sexualize their children.
In doing so, Disney elicited the wrath of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Trump wannabe who’s taken issue with what he calls “corporate wokeness.” The corporate giant also drew fire from the likes of Christopher J. Rufo, a conservative writer who’s been leading the charge against “critical race theory.”
Conservatives across the country have concluded that Disney — you know, The Walt Disney Company — is a leading threat to the innocence of America’s children. “If I had known then how they would respond to the Florida law and if I had seen those videos, they would not have gotten one penny from me,” he says in the email, with a link to the clips Rufo distributed.
It was virtually inevitable that Patrick would call for a Texas version of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, as opponents call it. He rarely skips out on a good culture war skirmish —
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