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The Liz Wheeler Show

Ep. 136: Crony Capitalism on Steroids ft. Guest Host Spencer Klavan

The Liz Wheeler Show

Blaze Media

News Commentary, Daily News, News

4.84.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

As Disney tries to flex its muscles in protest of FL's parental rights in education bill, Gov. DeSantis hits back, teeing up a revocation of Disney’s self-governing status in Florida. But how should conservatives react to this exercise of government power? In this special episode of The Liz Wheeler Show, Spencer Klavan breaks down the history that undergirds the intense conflict between Republicans and big corporations. Revisiting America's first principles, here’s how we can fight back against Disney’s crony capitalism on steroids. This is The Liz Wheeler Show. To hear more of Spencer Klavan, subscribe to Young Heretics where he explores the concepts of truth, beauty, and everything that makes Western culture great: https://youngheretics.com. -- Beam is a functional wellness brand that makes products for sleep, calm, focus, energy, hydration, and recovery. Get $20 off when you go to https://beamorganics.com/LIZ and use code LIZ at checkout. -- You deserve to feel happier, and Headspace is meditation made simple. Get a free one-month trial at http://headspace.com/liz. -- Cozy Earth provides the softest, most luxurious sheets on the planet. Save 35% on Cozy Earth bamboo bedding at https://cozyearth.com/liz35. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

So, Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida and all American hero, has done something really important

0:07.1

this week, and it's easy to miss because it's kind of a complicated political maneuver.

0:12.8

And I wanted to talk about this.

0:14.1

It's related to his ongoing battle with Disney, the magnificent, enormous corporation that's

0:21.0

trying to trans your kids, right?

0:24.0

They've been in this fight over the parents' rights bill.

0:27.0

This so-called don't say gay that the left has been painting as if they're outlawing

0:31.4

talking about homosexuality when really what DeSantis and his legislature are trying to do

0:37.5

is they're trying to keep public school teachers from talking to kids about incredibly

0:43.9

delicate and sensitive sexual matters without the permission of their parents and before

0:48.6

they're ready to hear about it.

0:50.4

So Disney got into this because they were sort of trying to throw their weight around

0:54.8

to pressure DeSantis out of supporting this bill to pressure the legislature out of passing

1:01.7

the bill.

1:02.7

Obviously Disney, major driver of sales and money and tax revenue in Florida, Disneyland,

1:10.0

or Disney World, sorry, I always get confused, but Disney World is out in Orlando.

1:15.7

And meanwhile, it came out because of the reporting of the journalist Chris Rufo, you guys probably

1:20.9

saw this, that they're having these meetings at among high level executives at Disney where

1:25.3

they're talking about how they need to put more and more LGBTQIA plus plus content so

1:30.2

that kids get used to seeing, you know, that two men can be fathers or whatever.

1:35.4

And the content of what they're teaching while that's important is less important than

1:40.5

the principle at stake, which is do parents have a right to raise their children and to

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