{"id":2025359,"date":"2023-09-08T00:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T04:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-drops-all-but-free-speech-claim-in-federal-lawsuit-against-desantis-report\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T08:59:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:59:16","slug":"disney-drops-all-but-free-speech-claim-in-federal-lawsuit-against-desantis-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-drops-all-but-free-speech-claim-in-federal-lawsuit-against-desantis-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney has reportedly removed its claim against Governor DeSantis regarding free speech in their federal lawsuit."},"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\">32<\/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-drops-all-but-free-speech-claim-in-federal-lawsuit-against-desantis-report%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=2025359&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>Disney Claims \u2063Political\u2063 Retaliation \u2063in Lawsuit Against Florida Governor<\/h2>\n<p>Disney has amended \u2062its federal lawsuit against Florida\u200b Governor Ron DeSantis, \u2064alleging that he politically retaliated against the company. The amended lawsuit focuses on this claim, dropping other allegations such\u200c as breach of contract and\u200d violation \u2062of <a title=\"Group \u201cOur Vote Matters\u201d Is Suing Facebook, Dominion, Mark Zuckerberg, Certain State Officials, Others for Infringing Upon Right to Vote, Assemble and Speak Freely \u2013 You Can Join Too\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/group-our-vote-matters-is-suing-facebook-dominion-mark-zuckerberg-certain-state-officials-others-for-infringing-upon-right-to-vote-assemble-and-speak-freely-you-can-jo\/\">due process rights<\/a>. The revision has significantly reduced the size\u2063 of the lawsuit compared to the original filing.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the decision to drop certain\u2064 claims, Disney stated that those issues are \u2064already \u2063being addressed in a separate state-level lawsuit. Governor DeSantis&#8217;s spokesperson welcomed Disney&#8217;s surrender on the \u200cdropped claims, \u2062while \u200ca Disney spokesperson emphasized\u2062 the company&#8217;s \u2062commitment to defending\u200d its contracts and investing in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Disney\u2063 announced the\u2062 cancellation of a <a title=\"Disney has reportedly removed its claim against Governor DeSantis regarding free speech in their federal lawsuit.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-drops-all-but-free-speech-claim-in-federal-lawsuit-against-desantis-report\/\">billion-dollar office complex project<\/a>, \u200bciting changing business conditions. The company&#8217;s decision came after Governor DeSantis stripped Disney of \u200ccontrol over \u200ca special\u2063 tax district that provided unique benefits to the company.<\/p>\n<p>Disney&#8217;s ongoing feud with the governor \u200bhas\u200d led to legal action, with the company suing the state of Florida, claiming\u200c it is \u2064a victim of government retaliation. Disney CEO Bob Iger hinted at the possibility of withholding development \u200dplans \u2062in \u2063response to the \u2063feud, questioning the state&#8217;s willingness \u2063to support further investment and job creation.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the conflict, \u200dDisney&#8217;s theme park and\u200d consumer \u2064products chairman, Josh D&#8217;Amaro, confirmed the company&#8217;s plans to invest $17 billion in Walt Disney World and\u200c create 13,000 jobs\u200b over the next decade.<\/p>\n<h3>Disney&#8217;s Unpopularity with Republicans<\/h3>\n<p>While some Republicans\u2063 have criticized Governor DeSantis for his\u200b battle with Disney, <a title=\"\u2018Between 99 And 100%\u2019: Jason Miller Says Trump Is \u2018Definitely\u2019 Running In 2024\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/between-99-and-100-jason-miller-says-trump-is-definitely-running-in-2024\/\">recent polling suggests<\/a> that the company is not popular among Republican voters. According to \u200ba \u200dtweet\u200d by Giancarlo Sopo, 64% of Republicans view Disney negatively, highlighting the significant divide.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I want to put Disney&#8217;s unpopularity with Republicans \u200bin perspective:<\/p>\n<p>64% of Republicans view Disney negatively.<\/p>\n<p>Those are Liz Cheney numbers. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kOO0ETU1DC\">pic.twitter.com\/kOO0ETU1DC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiancarloSopo\/status\/1659295800256524300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney&#8217;s federal lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis now accuses him of political retaliation. The company amended its claims, dropping other allegations such as breach of contract, uncompensated property seizure, and violation of its rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2025360,"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":"Disney has reportedly removed its claim against Governor DeSantis regarding free speech in their federal lawsuit.","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025359","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","fifu_image_alt":"Disney has reportedly removed its claim against Governor DeSantis regarding free speech in their federal lawsuit.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025359","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=2025359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}