DeSantis' war with Disney divides the GOP
The Chuck ToddCast
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🗓️ 19 April 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Toddcast so a war is breaking out and |
| 0:10.1 | the happiest place on earth. |
| 0:12.0 | Florida Governor Ryan DeSantis announced a new legislation this week that attempts to |
| 0:15.8 | try to force greater oversight over Disney World and Disney in Florida. |
| 0:20.6 | It is of course the largest employer in the Central part of the state. |
| 0:25.3 | This is just the latest in a series of exchanges that have been traded between the amusement |
| 0:28.7 | parts board and the Republican governor to fall out the end when the company publicly |
| 0:34.3 | took issue with Florida's education bill from a few years ago which critics ended up |
| 0:39.2 | referring to as they quote don't say gay bill about when to talk about things like same |
| 0:44.1 | sex marriage in education settings and of course it is spiral from there in late February |
| 0:49.9 | to Santa Sunday. |
| 0:51.2 | A law that was just targeting Disney to strip Disney of what was long been a self governing |
| 0:57.4 | status that the state of Florida gave them decades ago. |
| 1:01.3 | And before they lost the power Disney's hand picked board decided to essentially outmaneuver |
| 1:08.7 | what the state was attempting to do before the state took over and that is why Governor |
| 1:14.3 | DeSantis is so upset and this conflict with Disney is plenary the party a bit. |
| 1:19.5 | DeSantis has been catching flat from potential rivals like Chris Christie and Mike Pence |
| 1:23.0 | who are condemning his decision to essentially use the powers of government to target business |
| 1:28.6 | which is normally a conservative talking point attacking liberals and it may end up turning |
| 1:34.4 | into a bit of a more of a hurdle for DeSantis than he might think even though he thinks there |
| 1:39.3 | is some culture war aspects to this that benefit him. |
| 1:42.9 | So joining me now are our NBC news reporters national political reporter Henry J. Gomez and |
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