DeSantis’s Miscalculation: Disney Is Playing the Long Game
The Wall Street Journal — April 27, 2023
Silence in the face of political criticism is not a sustainable strategy for businesses — and pushing back can change the playing field. That’s the emerging lesson from Disney’s protracted fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. In late April, Disney filed suit against DeSantis and other Florida officials in federal court, charging them with undertaking a “targeted campaign of government retaliation.” Now DeSantis is starting to lose his footing in his protracted effort to punish Disney for speaking out against Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” education bill. “Some Republicans privately sa…
