{"id":1989220,"date":"2023-08-02T20:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T00:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-backed-board-ends-disneys-illegal-and-simply-un-american-dei-programs\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T20:45:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T00:45:25","slug":"desantis-backed-board-ends-disneys-illegal-and-simply-un-american-dei-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-backed-board-ends-disneys-illegal-and-simply-un-american-dei-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis-supported board halts Disney&#8217;s &#8220;un-American&#8221; DEI programs."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/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%2Fdesantis-backed-board-ends-disneys-illegal-and-simply-un-american-dei-programs%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=1989220&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--><h2>Florida Governor Ron \u200bDeSantis&#8217; Handpicked Board \u200dEnds \u2064DEI Programs<\/h2>\n<p>The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-says-shes-writing-her-first-work-of-fiction-she-must-have-forgotten-this-long-list-of-lies\/\" title=\"Hillary Clinton Says She\u2019s Writing Her \u2018First Work Of Fiction.\u2019 She Must Have Forgotten This Long List Of Lies.\">handpicked<\/a> by Governor Ron DeSantis, made a significant announcement this week. They have decided to\u200c put an end to all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Our \u2064district \u2064will no longer participate in any attempt to divide\u200b us by race or\u200c advance\u2062 the notion that we are not created \u2064equal,&#8221; said District \u2064Administrator Glenton \u200cGilzean.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The CFTOD stated that\u200c the \u200cprevious DEI programs, \u200bimplemented \u2063by \u2064the former Reedy Creek Improvement District, were discriminatory\u2062 and costly to taxpayers. They claimed that these\u200b initiatives &#8220;discriminated against Americans based on gender and race, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-senator-warren-blames-trump-republicans-in-ad-for-newsom\/\" title=\"WATCH: Senator Warren Blames \u2018Trump Republicans\u2019 In Ad For Newsom\">costing taxpayers millions<\/a>\u200b of dollars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The old district&#8217;s\u2064 DEI initiatives were\u200d illegal and simply un-American,&#8221; Gilzean added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As a result, the\u200b district&#8217;s DEI committee will be dissolved, and all DEI job\u2063 duties will be eliminated. Furthermore, staff will no longer be allowed to use any work time for \u200dDEI initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also \u2062mentioned\u200b that the previous DEI initiatives \u2064had caused the former Reedy Creek \u2062Improvement District to spend millions of dollars in\u200b search of businesses that could comply.<\/p>\n<h3>Political\u200b Implications<\/h3>\n<p>This news serves as a \u2064political victory for \u200bGovernor \u200dDeSantis, who is currently \u200drunning for\u200b president. According to\u2064 The New \u2063York Times\/Siena poll, DeSantis is in second place in the Republican primary field, trailing behind\u2063 former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>No other candidates come close to double digits in the polls, with former Vice President Mike Pence, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC), and former South Carolina\u200d Governor Nikki \u2064Haley all sitting at 3%. The remaining candidates have 2% \u200cor less\u2062 support.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO\u200b GET THE DAILY WIRE \u200cAPP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While Trump currently leads \u2062the polls,\u2063 the same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-majority-of-americans-disapprove-of-how-biden-is-handling-the-southern-border-crisis\/\" title=\"Poll: Majority Of Americans Disapprove Of How Biden Is Handling The Southern Border Crisis\">poll revealed<\/a> that 46% of \u2062respondents who chose Trump are considering other \u2063candidates.\u200d This indicates a potential shift in support.<\/p>\n<p><em>Zach \u200cJewell contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ben-shapiro-explains-the-real-story-behind-latest-desantis-disney-battle\">Ben Shapiro \u2064Explains The \u2063Real Story Behind \u200cLatest DeSantis-Disney \u2064Battle<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217; selected board for the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (CFTOD) has recently terminated all diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. District Administrator Glenton Gilzean declared the elimination of programs previously implemented by the Reedy Creek Improvement District, which were deemed discriminatory towards Americans based on gender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1989221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1989220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/1989220","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1989220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}