{"id":1449376,"date":"2022-04-21T16:50:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T20:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1449376"},"modified":"2022-04-21T16:50:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T20:50:43","slug":"democrats-scream-in-protest-as-florida-lawmakers-vote-to-pull-disneys-special-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-scream-in-protest-as-florida-lawmakers-vote-to-pull-disneys-special-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Scream In Protest As Florida Lawmakers Vote To Pull Disney\u2019s Special Status"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdemocrats-scream-in-protest-as-florida-lawmakers-vote-to-pull-disneys-special-status%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=1449376&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>Democrats burst into screams Thursday in Florida as lawmakers voted on legislation that would eliminate Disney\u2019s special tax districts.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Chris Sprowls led the session, during which Democrats were heard whining loudly over several pieces of legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers, we are now going to proceed to the next two bills,\u201d Sprowls said. \u201cThese two bills have got a lot of questions and a lot of attention over the last couple of days. Every member in this chamber should have the opportunity to debate them, to talk about them and to speak their peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my hope that we will be able to proceed civilly and with decorum and with respect for one another,\u201d Sprowls began before introducing the vote on legislation that would eliminate Disney\u2019s special district and privileges. \u201cRead the next bill.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/20\/jared-polis-ron-desantis-disney-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Dem Gov Goes After DeSantis For \u2018Authoritarian Socialist Attacks\u2019 On Disney, Twitter)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2022C\/4C\/BillText\/er\/PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill 4C<\/a> would <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/20\/desantis-disney-florida-reedy-creek-improvement-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eliminate special tax districts<\/a> created prior to 1969 including Disney\u2019s Reedy Creek Improvement District. Senate lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/florida-senate-passes-bill-to-eliminate-disneys-special-tax-district-11650473902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">passed<\/a> the legislation Wednesday in a special session, eliminating the district, including Disney\u2019s which had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">allowed<\/a> the company to function as its own municipal government and control functions such as taxation, land use, environmental protection and emergency medical services.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Randy Fine was then recognized to explain the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt seems that Mickey and Minnie have joined us in the chamber today but that said its the bill we discussed yesterday,\u201d Fine said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers we will either go into structured debate or we will call the previous question,\u201d Sprowl responded. Members then began to vote on the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats could be heard loudly screaming, with one very audible \u201cno\u201d heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cleric will unlock the machine and members will proceed to vote on Senate Bill 4C. Have all members voted? Have all members voted? Cleric will lock the machine. Now it\u2019s a vote,\u201d Sprowl said.<\/p>\n<p>The bill received 70 \u201cyeas\u201d and 38 \u201cnays.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bill passes,\u201d Sprowls said as he was met with massive round of applause and cheering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/07\/disney-glaad-transgender-family-lgbt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disney<\/a> has been <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/10\/disney-ceo-bob-chapek-dont-say-gay-florida-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outspoken<\/a> in their opposition to Florida\u2019s Parental Rights in Education bill. Tensions were heightened when leaked videos purportedly showed Disney employees and corporate leaders discussing plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/30\/disney-leaked-lgbt-gay-transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">inject<\/a> gay and transgender content into children\u2019s programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats burst into screams Thursday in Florida as lawmakers voted on legislation that would eliminate Disney\u2019s special tax districts.House Speaker Chris Sprowls led the session, during which Democrats were heard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":1449387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1449376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1449376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1449376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1449387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1449376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1449376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1449376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}