• Disney CEO Bob Iger said that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ battle with Disney came because of the company exercising “free speech” by opposing parental rights legislation in 2022 that eliminated gender identity and sexual orientation teachings for young children in school.
• “Punishing us for exercising our right to free speech was anti-American and antibusiness,” he said.
• That battle resulted in the Florida Legislature and DeSantis enacting a state-appointed oversight board for what was formerly the Reedy Creek Improvement District, the governing body over Walt Disney World in Central Florida.

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