Gov. Ron DeSantis (Part 2)

You know, they came after the state of Florida. Yes. When we were doing fortifying parental rights, saying at that time it was K through 3, no gender ideology or any of that in the schools. And to me, that was not a huge leap. I mean, that's common sense. Why would you want to tell a second grader that they may have been born in the wrong body? That is happening around this country. And we said, in Florida, we're not. So they came in against us and they're very powerful in Florida. They usually get whatever they want. They. So we stood up and we said, no, we're going to do what's best for students and parents. We're not going to kowtow to Disney. Then after I signed the bill, they put out a statement saying they were going to make it a mission to see that the bill was repealed or overturned in court. So they said they were taking their corporate resources to basically attack parents rights in Florida and overturn a core state policy. So we had to then make a decision and the legislature started saying, well, wait a minute, Disney is getting these benefits that they've had for a long time. Maybe we should reevaluate it. And then when you looked at what they got, unbelievable arrangement that they had that no other individual or no other company in the entire state enjoyed. So Florida for many decades ago was joined at the hip with this one company. They started going down the road of sexualizing children. We just could not be joined at the hip with a company that was doing that. That's k antithetical to our values in Florida. So what we said is, you know, you don't get to control your own government. You don't get to be exempt from laws and taxes. You're going to live under the same laws as everybody else. You're going to be treated like SeaWorld. You're going to be treated like Universal. So that's actually good policy. That's taking away corporate welfare and putting everybody on a level playing field. But we could not be, I mean, I couldn't look in the mirror as a parent of a 6, 5 and 3 year old knowing that this company was getting benefits from. And these are not benefits I gave them. This is many, many decades ago that they were doing that. Given the direction that they're going with kids, I draw the line at protecting kids. We are going to protect our kids and we will take on big corporations to do so. So are you suggesting you would have done this irrespective of them criticizing and fighting your parents in Education Act? I mean, that this had nothing to do with their stance on your law? Well, obviously, they're supporting sexualizing kids in Florida schools. I mean, they were putting their corporate weight behind ensuring that that could happen. So of course that was a factor. But that's an admit. That's an admission that they were punished by you in part by the state or their political viewpoint. It's not a punishment. So. So that was.