Disney Cites DeSantis’s Prison “Joke” In New Filing

November 6, 2023 Business, Republicans

Inside The Magic reports:

A bizarre, alleged “joke” that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made about building a prison near Walt Disney World has ended up being part of Disney’s federal lawsuit against him.

In April, DeSantis said, “Come to think of it, now people are like, what should we do with this land? People have said maybe create a state park. Maybe try to do more amusement parks. Someone even said maybe you need another state prison. Who knows? I just think that the possibilities are endless.”

While those might have just been off-the-cuff comments from DeSantis, Disney is not treating them as such. Instead, the company is using it as new evidence in a federal court filing to claim that the governor was using his political power to undermine their interests at Walt Disney World.

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