{"id":1421713,"date":"2022-04-06T11:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421713"},"modified":"2022-04-06T11:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:44:53","slug":"disney-names-hillary-clinton-campaign-deputy-communications-director-as-lead-spokesperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-names-hillary-clinton-campaign-deputy-communications-director-as-lead-spokesperson\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Names Hillary Clinton Campaign Deputy Communications Director as Lead Spokesperson"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-names-hillary-clinton-campaign-deputy-communications-director-as-lead-spokesperson%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1421713&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Walt Disney Co. has named\u00a0Kristina Schake as its new lead spokesperson. The political operative who worked as an aide in the Obama White House and again as deputy communications director for Hillary Clinton\u2019s 2016 campaign will start immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment comes after President Joe Biden tapped Schake last year to lead the coronavirus vaccination campaign at the Department of Health and Human Services, where she was counselor to secretary for strategic communications. She departed at the end of 2021.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Schake also co-founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which challenged the state\u2019s ban on same sex marriage and was ultimately overturned with a Supreme Court decision in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Schake\u2019s post at Disney follows weeks of scandal for the embattled company after its CEO, Bob Chapek, pledged to help get Florida\u2019s parental rights in education law overturned, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&#038;cx=partner-pub-9229289037503472:6795176714&#038;q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/03\/11\/ron-desantis-rips-woke-disney-after-company-knocks-sexual-instruction-bill\/&#038;sa=U&#038;ved=2ahUKEwiUhtWBrv_2AhXKR_EDHazfB1cQFnoECAQQAg&#038;usg=AOvVaw3TKJBd4Ze88VgEERZhLzaB\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chapek said Disney will also contribute money to efforts to defeat similar legislation in other states while the company intends to \u201cpause\u201d political donations in Florida out of respect for its own \u201cLGBTQ+ community.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_13087877\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2020\/04\/disneypaycut1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Bob Chapek poses with Minnie Mouse during a ceremony at the Hong Kong Disneyland, as they celebrate the Hong Kong Disneyland\u2019s 10th anniversary. (AP Photo\/Kin Cheung, File)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>There have been scores of video of Disney executives in recent years boasting about queer content aimed at young audiences.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SCOOP: Disney corporate president Karey Burke says, &#8220;as the mother [of] one transgender child and one pansexual child,&#8221; she supports having &#8220;many, many, many LGBTQIA characters in our stories&#8221; and wants a minimum of 50 percent of characters to be LGBTQIA and racial minorities. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oFRUiuu9JG\">pic.twitter.com\/oFRUiuu9JG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1508926408332034049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed, Disney has spent years infusing its programming aimed at adolescent viewers with LGBTQ fare including\u00a0a Pride <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/06\/17\/disney-hosting-lgbtq-pride-concert-aimed-at-children-starring-drag-queen-nina-west\/\">concert<\/a> aimed at children starring drag queen Nina West, with performances of popular Disney songs that re-imagined with LGBTQ themes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Woke Disney+ will host a LGBTQ Pride concert aimed at kids and starring drag queen Nina West, with performances of popular Disney songs that will reportedly be re-imagined with LGBTQ themes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RT9bn9tu7P\">https:\/\/t.co\/RT9bn9tu7P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1405719153076490242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With that undercurrent of controversy, Schake has been tasked to lead global communications for the company as its executive VP, reporting to chief corporate affairs officer Geoff Morrell. He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I could not be more pleased to welcome Kristina to Disney and to have her leading communications for the company.<\/p>\n<p>Her experience in the public and private sectors, in political and corporate campaigns, make her ideally suited for this important role and to help me integrate communications with government relations, public policy, and corporate social responsibility into a new Corporate Affairs team.<\/p>\n<p>Together with the exceptional professionals at Disney, we will help the world\u2019s greatest storytelling company engage even more effectively with our many stakeholders around the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Deadline <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2022\/04\/disney-kristina-schake-barack-obama-hillary-clinton-1234995234\/\">reports<\/a> she will now return\u00a0to California, where she had been senior communications strategist for First Lady Maria Shriver, the Women\u2019s Conference and the California Endowment\u2019s Building Healthy Communities Initiative.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Walt Disney Co. has named\u00a0Kristina Schake as its new lead spokesperson. 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