The swift effort by Florida Republicans has been widely seen as brazen retaliation after Disney, the Sunshine State’s largest private employer, paused political donations in the state and condemned a new education law that opponents call “Don’t Say Gay.” The Florida House of Representatives on Thursday gave final passage to a bill that would dissolve Walt Disney World's private government.
Disney has been stripped of its long-held special status as a self-governing area of Florida, after Republican governor Ron DeSantis punished the company for refusing to back his culture war waged over “woke” LGBT policies.
