DeSantis Secures Total Victory Over Disney, Last Gasp Attempt by 'The Mouse' Goes Down in Flames

Red State ^ | 01/31/2024 | Bonchie

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Gov. Ron DeSantis earned a victory lap on Wednesday after Disney's last-gasp lawsuit against him failed in federal court. 

The judge in the case dismissed the much-ballyhooed move against the governor based on a lack of standing and the plaintiff's failure to state a claim. With that, total victory against "The Mouse" has been secured.

.@GovRonDeSantis wins again!

Federal judge dismisses challenges to Disney board (Central Florida Tourism Oversight District) for lack of standing and failure to state a claim.


pic.twitter.com/GAOaJ08cAm— Jennifer Cabrera (@jhaskinscabrera) January 31, 2024

Every step of the way, DeSantis has bested Disney, though some of his critics on the right boasted that this particular lawsuit proved the governor had "lost to Mickey Mouse." That was always ludicrous, and there was always a good chance it would not prevail.

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READ: Disney Sues Ron DeSantis, Claims Targeted Campaign of Government Retaliation

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I'm not going to call them out by name because frankly, I don't want to give them the publicity, but some right-wing "influencers" who favored another candidate in the primary spent a lot of time running their mouths, claiming that DeSantis had been beaten by Disney. They should open their mouths again, but with apologies leaving them this time.

Nikki Haley, who invited Disney to move to South Carolina instead of taking the side of the most conservative and successful Republican governor in decades, should probably update her commentary as well. That was a low point for her, in my opinion, and I'll leave it at that.

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READ: Nikki Haley Nukes Her Campaign, Sides With Disney

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Regardless, sometimes winning takes time, and a politician being sued does not denote a loss. It simply means there's more work left to be done. Now, with this lawsuit dismissed, Disney has no other moves to make (aside from a possible appeal). They've already lost the battle over their special district, and despite all the false claims that having this fight would lead to higher taxes on normal residents, things have worked out just as DeSantis said they would.

If I seem a little salty about this, it's because I am. Republicans have enjoyed precious few victories over the last half-decade. To see ostensible allies go out of their way to trash DeSantis and take the side of Disney simply out of short-sighted political pettiness was eye-opening. It never should have happened, and those who chose that path deserve to be taken just a little less seriously next time. 

Editor's Note: This article was updated post-publication for clarity.

[Fai Mao]

Good

[dadfly]

‘total victory against the mouse...’

congrats to the Governor and his lawyers.

[Reno89519]

DeSantis accomplishes things.

[forYourChildrenVote4Bush]

He should have been the nominee.

He was my guy

I had moved on from trump a while back but most republicans obviously didn’t

I fear 4 more years of Biden in what i had seen as the easiest election to win since 1980. Now not so much. It will be extremely hard for trump to win

[Angelino97]

I'm not going to call them out by name because frankly, I don't want to give them the publicity, but some right-wing "influencers" who favored another candidate in the primary spent a lot of time running their mouths, claiming that DeSantis had been beaten by Disney.

DeSantis has done some good and some bad. Same as Trump. Neither is perfect. Both are better than the Dems.

[backpacker_c]

The ghost of desanctus will rise again...

How else would you explain how he’s pushing for U.S. constitutional amendments and doing interviews...

and why the neverbackdown super pac still has about $97 million in cash on hand?

[alstewartfan]

Once again, RDS proves that he is nothing more than a Deep State Chine plant! Don’t laugh. I learned this from scores of FReeper posts.

[alstewartfan]

Totally agree with you. Trump is a loose cannon who COULD blow it. But, I am now one of his cannon balls.

[backpacker_c]

Since it came out that his neverbackdown superpac helped fund, along with club for growth, another pac’s disinformation ad campaign against Trump, desantis is atleast part of the deep swamp GOPe rino uniparty

whether he ended up benefiting from the china money thing has yet to be seen, though I’m sure he expected to have gained something.

[unclebankster]

DeSantis accomplishes things.

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Yep

Which is why DeSantis will be Trump’s Vice President.

They’re going to make a great team throughout the next 4+ plus years.

[MachIV]

Unlikely that any Republican no matter who it is ever wins the white house again ever, unfortunately.

[GOPJ]

DeSantis accomplishes things.

Yes he does. Best Governor we've ever had in Florida.

[Reno89519]

What is this BS about DeSantis being Trump’s VP? Did you take civics in school, read the constitution?

[unclebankster]

What is this BS about DeSantis being Trump’s VP? Did you take civics in school, read the constitution?

************”

Trump moves his residency to another one of his properties in another state, like Bush and Cheney in 2000.

All 30 of Florida’s electoral votes will go to the Trump/DeSantis ticket in 2024.(Easily) The 30 votes will be 1 more than the 29 received in 2020.

Pick up a history book and read it & learn.

[metmom]

So, for those of us not really familiar with the case, what exactly happened here that is the victory.

Yes, Disney’s case was dismissed. What was the case about and why is it significant?

[Deplorable American1776]

Disney, you got into politics and you lost. Now, go back and make good movies, like you did pre-woke!

[FLT-bird]

Good. This was a sweetheart deal Disney got to locate a theme park in Florida back in the early 60’s. They never should have been given this in the first place.

I’m happy to see the Rat take a big fat “L”.

[Ann Archy]

MASSIVE VOTE FRAUD!

[Daveinyork]

He can’t be trumps veep. They both live in the same state.