{"id":1762182,"date":"2022-12-04T06:30:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T11:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1762182"},"modified":"2022-12-04T09:49:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T14:49:27","slug":"governor-ron-desantis-hammers-disney-as-ceo-bob-iger-regrets-anti-groomer-bill-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/governor-ron-desantis-hammers-disney-as-ceo-bob-iger-regrets-anti-groomer-bill-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Ron Desantis Hammers Disney as CEO Bob Iger Regrets Anti-Groomer Bill Fight"},"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%2Fgovernor-ron-desantis-hammers-disney-as-ceo-bob-iger-regrets-anti-groomer-bill-fight%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=1762182&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/desantisbobiger-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is firing back at the Walt Disney Company\u2019s returning CEO, Bob Iger, who lamented the entertainment giant was somehow unwillingly \u201cdragged\u201d into a political fight in the Sunshine State over the\u00a0\u201cParental Rights in Education\u201d bill.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">DeSantis made the remarks during an interview Tuesday evening with Fox News\u2019s Tucker Carlson.<\/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>Carlson set the stage by playing a clip of Iger, who chose his return as Disney\u2019s chief executive in the wake of his predecessor Bob Chapek\u2019s\u00a0strife-strewn tenure, to offer contrition: \u201cI was sorry to see us dragged into that battle. And I have no idea exactly what its ramifications are in terms of the business itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cWhat I can say is, the state of Florida has been important to us for a long time, and we have been very important to the state of Florida,\u201d Iger added during a town-hall event with Disney staffers, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2022\/11\/30\/bob-iger-contradicts-himself-over-disneys-fight-with-florida-expresses-regret-after-earlier-denouncing-anti-grooming-law\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThat is something I\u2019m extremely mindful of and will articulate if I get the chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Iger\u2019s return comes as the company continues its struggle for financial viability in the wake of a host of self-inflicted stumbles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shares of the Walt Disney Co. plummeted late Tuesday and into early Wednesday to their lowest level in nearly a decade as concerns mount over the company\u2019s profitability and wild spending habits on Disney+ and other streaming services. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MiQhdlv97F\">https:\/\/t.co\/MiQhdlv97F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1590453391553171456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For his part, DeSantis takes a different approach to Disney\u2019s problems. He dismissed Iger\u2019s stance as an innocent dragged into an unwilling fight over what critics called\u00a0the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay Bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">\u201cWe didn\u2019t drag them in, Tucker,\u201d the Florida governor told Carlson. \u201cThey went in on their own, and not only opposed the bill. They threatened to get it repealed.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>DeSantis was referring to a statement released by Disney in late March when the entertainment company said its \u201cgoal\u201d was to see the new parental rights law \u201crepealed by the legislature or struck down in the courts, and we remain committed to supporting the national and state organizations working to achieve that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are parents\u2019 rights, important policies in our state that are very popular,\u201d the governor added. \u201cAnd so they brought this on themselves. All we did was stand up for what\u2019s\u00a0right.\u00a0And, yes, they\u2019re a big, powerful company. But you know what? We stand up for our folks. And I don\u2019t care what a Burbank-based California company says about our laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the exchange between DeSantis and Carlson below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0hjMou3N3s\">pic.twitter.com\/0hjMou3N3s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1598014434940592128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Florida\u2019s bill\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/28\/ron-desantis-signs-parental-rights-bill-law\/\">protects<\/a>\u00a0children from kindergarten through third grade from being exposed to adult sexual content stemming from gender theory. The bill also ensures parents have a right to know what is going on in their children\u2019s schools.<\/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>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is firing back at the Walt Disney Company\u2019s returning CEO, Bob Iger, who lamented the entertainment giant was somehow unwillingly \u201cdragged\u201d into a political fight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1762185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1762182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762182","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1762182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1762182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1762185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1762182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1762182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1762182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}