In a video addressing the people of Florida, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis slammed Disney after their CEO called DeSantis to attack the Florida “Parental Rights In Education” bill. DeSantis stated that Florida is not willing to allow leftists to “inject transgenderism into kindergarten” and pointed out that Disney has continued to profit off of China despite the communist country’s ongoing genocide of Uyghur Muslims.
“So here’s what I can tell you: In the state of Florida, we are not going to allow them to inject transgenderism into kindergarten,” DeSantis said in a video obtained by Fox News Digital. “First-graders shouldn’t have woke gender ideology imposed in their curriculums, and that is what we’re standing for, because we’re standing for the kids and we’re standing for the parents. And I can tell you this: The chance that I am going to back down from my commitment to students and back down from my commitment to parents’ rights simply because of fraudulent media narratives or pressure from woke corporations; the chances of that are zero.”
“And when you have companies that have made a fortune off being family-friendly and catering to families and young kids, they should understand that parents of young kids do not want this injected into their kids’ kindergarten classroom,” he warned. “They do not want their first-graders to go and be told that they can choose an opposite gender. That is not appropriate for those kids. So if you’re family-friendly, understand that parents who are actually raising families want to have their rights respected.”
He then addressed Disney, saying, “And I also think that you have companies like a Disney that are going to say and criticize parents’ rights; they’re going to criticize the fact that we don’t want transgenderism in kindergarten and first-grade classrooms. If that’s the hill that they’re going to die on, then how do they possibly explain lining their pockets with their relationship from the Communist Party of China? Because that’s what they do and they make a fortune; they don’t say a word about the really brutal practices that you see over there at the hands of the CCP. And so in Florida, our policy’s got to be based on the best interest of Florida citizens, not on the musing of woke corporations.”
In a video exclusively obtained by @FoxNews Digital. @GovRonDeSantis slams #Disney saying “In Florida, our policies got to be based on the best interest of Florida citizens, not on the musing of woke corporations.” pic.twitter.com/Op87xgsLzB
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Disney has repeatedly been criticized for its relationship with Communist China. For example, Disney faced backlash after filming Mulan in China’s Xinjiang province, where the genocide of Uyghur Muslims is taking place.
Additionally, in the credits of Mulan, “Disney thanked a number of government entities in Xinjiang, including the public security bureau in the city of Turpan and the ‘publicity department of CPC Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomy Region Committee,’” BBC News reported. “The public security bureau in Turpan is tasked with running China’s ‘re-education’ camps where Uighurs are held in detention, China expert Adrian Zenz told the BBC.”
