Nikki Haley Roasts Ron DeSantis for Using Taxpayer Dollars for Disney Feud: ‘It’s Just All This Vendetta Stuff’
thewrap.comsuing the governor and the board that he installed as the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District’s board, the group that replaced the Reedy Creek Improvement District, Disney’s self-governed board, earlier this year.Haley also criticized DeSantis for previously accepting political contributions from Disney and helping to build the company’s presence in the state. “Here you have DeSantis, who accepted $50,000 in political contributions from Disney,” she said. “He went and put their executives and their lobbyists on prominent boards throughout Florida.
And he went and basically gave the highest corporate subsidies in Florida history to Disney. But because they went and criticized him, now he’s going to spend taxpayer dollars on a lawsuit.
It’s just like all this vendetta stuff. We’ve been down that road again.”She also stated that she didn’t think Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law went far enough. “I’ve been on record,” Haley said. “They should not be talking about gender (in the schools).
Period. That’s what parents talk to their kids about.”Taper also asked Haley her views on “woke culture.” “Woke used to be used by progressives to talk about and awareness of inequities and historical inequities,” Taper said. “But obviously it means something else to conservatives.”Haley responded: “I mean, you want to start with biological boys playing in girls sports?
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