NBC News’ Dasha Burns speaks with voters in The Villages, the world’s largest retirement community, about their governor’s battle with Disney.
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Wow!!! She’s not renewing the passes. And??
😂 I said the same thing! 🤦🏾♀️ Not only is she choosing not to renew, but wasted time explaining why! 🤣
Because she is the demographic Disney is targeting – geriatrics
Now you know why DeSantis got back in office….gawd those florida Republicans are ruthless .
And that’s the way we like it.
@Marcella Ratliff there is a show called ‘the truth is stranger than Florida’. Newsflash ‘no it isn’t’
They’re idiots. Being “woke” is protected under the first amendment.
Florida might as well secede if Disney leaves Florida
Just think about the poor grandkids of these folks.
Oh, poor pity. 🤮
Marbles for brains there in Flori-Duhh
And in Commiefornia
Morons.
You people are the definition of “ignorance. ” Good luck with that! 😂
Best govenor Florida ever had, stic with it 8more yrs clean Florida up
REAL AMERIKKKANS!
Proud of the governor I voted for.
Grooming children isn’t mother nature you sicko.
i have zero clue on what these people are talking about
Same. I am trying to figure it out in the comments. Not working out so well.
gov desantis is currently engaged in a feud with disney over their opposition to his recent legislation curtailing schools’ freedom of how and when to teach children about lgbt topics
“Disney is Mother Nature”? That”s like a cop proclaiming they’re the law. Uh, NO!
It’s like Fauci proclaiming he is THE science.
Exactly
I think you misunderstood what that “mother nature” comment really ment.
Disney will find out soon enough
Im not big on Disney..but now i am team Disney. 100%
Doing the right thing and definitely also not turning on a big part of their own fam base to cater to hate
paedo
It just means that you accept the CNN narrative. It also tells us you’ve done no research.
@Faithwalkertodd CNN FOX there is no difference dude. Learn to critically think for yourself
@Machistmo I never said Fox was any better than CNN. I don’t have to list them all. It is the CNN mindset.
there are no people of color in Florida…
Beware – DeSantis is like trump with brains. Very scary and very dangerous.
Hard tonleave you a like when you present both sides.
Lady i dont think Disney gonna
Miss you or your passes😅
She’s kinda delusional.
They all are.
She needs to save her money for the huge tax increases when Disney moves to Texas.
We’ll see who’s going broke when Disney lays you off. Old boomers still acting like uneducated kids.
Be nice when old people die off.
Lol, bet you they say “cancel culture” is evil too…
If Disney moves out of Florida they’ll be kicking themselves or the 75,000 employees of Disney will do it to them. Plus the millions of $$$ brings to the state of Florida they’ll be suffering.
@Sherry Long It’s funny all of a sudden Republicans start caring about billionaires paying their “fair share” …talk to Trump about that one😂 Do you people have any actual beliefs or are you just told what to think?
millions?? You mean tens of billions!! Florida is a pretty wealthy state but if Disney left it would hurt on tourism but the rest of the sectors would be okay.
@Ebony Lamb people could go for the floods and alligators.
No one cares about alligators…they go for Disney.
He ate that! Disney is Mother Nature in Florida.
Florida did just fine without Disney for years.Why are liberals so supportive of a huge corporation that wants a free pass.
Because DeSantis is a disgusting little tyrant in go-go boots!
Are you serious? Disney is the third largest employer in the state, and they pump in over 75 billion dollars annually.
You seniors should know better. For the man ~if you don’t stay woke~ guess what, you’ll be clueless. Stay in the know. That’s what woke stands for. Sangano!
Ya can’t fix stoopid!
Cancel culture woke hillbillies
I’ll never spend money at Disney again.
@bthrashed Micky and Donald may have their feelings hurt. Hopefully there is a safe space for them.
@Dr. Night Owl Spending taxpayers money on this nonsense is gratifying for you?
@bthrashed I’m not a resident of Florida so taxes on this isn’t relevant to me.
I’m not sure what you mean about Florida spending tax money on this.
I’m also not certain about what you mean when you say “nonsense” Care to elaborate?
@Dr. Night Owl Who do you think is paying for the litigation? You think Ron is reaching into his own pocket?
@bthrashed your brain is stuck into the “not bright ” mode
Disgusting!
Jesus was woke
What the heck are you talking about!
@Em1MD3 If you don’t know what that means, you really should read your Bible. Jesus taught love and acceptance, not hate and fear. Love is the answer, not this homophobic conservative BS.
Disney needs to move out and see the “bravado” they have then.🤷🏿
And go where? I’ll wait…
Nothing will hit harder to Florida and Floridians like the loss of over 77k jobs and the tax revenues Disney brings in. Dont forget those millions Disney annually donated to the Florida Republican party..which will most like now go to the Democrat party now.
🤣 Desantis keeps shooting himself in the foot 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Disney will lose. And the planet is healing.
Nah Disney has their own hotels and deals with other hotels in the land they own plus tourist revenue and fruit agriculture is the main source of income for Florida’s economy, Florida about to become the next Detroit/chiraq outside the area of Disney
@Anakin Skywalker they can do all of those thanks to the special privilages given by the government of Florida. Take them away and watch them crumble slowly unable to support their own weight.
@Aditya S yea Florida is pretty much about to become a dead state unless they backtrack hard
@Anakin Skywalker Florida will do just fine without Disney. Disney on the other hand.
@Aditya S Florida depends on agriculture and tourism, tax wise it’ll cost Florida residents to pay even more taxes than what they’re paying in order to keep up the bs that the commie agenda DeSantis is trying to push
Disney is not Mother Nature! That guy is nuts!
Disney may not be mother nature but Disney is far more popular than DeSatanist ever will be.
@Becca Boone agreed
Sad. The ignorance is stunning.
Welcome to the USA.
All that coming out, just proved above their outrageous prices. They have it Disneyland that they’ve been ripping you off and every other way.
Do not go world go broke and grow Rich with God
Why are people getting involved with politics inside the classroom when they even can’t protect kids from guns? Parents have a right to discipline their kids. kids cannot make moral decisions until age 21. Birth control, trans estrogen shots, trans testosterone shots, school paddling need to be kept out of schools. No wonder there’s a high rate of teenagers suicides.
Ron DeSantis got those clowns right where he wants them
Ron bent over a barrel with his pants at his ankles isn’t exact what he had in mind . . Then again.
Yeah, those clowns are behind him and his pants are down by his ankles. You realize Disney has one of the strongest court cases in retaliation for freedom of speech the nation has ever seen. Ron DeSantis literally admits this. Not only that but he’s using tax payer money for the retaliation against 1st amendment rights. That sounds like a list of felonies.
you mean his voters or?
Desantis supporters insist that they support free speach. They are also fully behind limiting the power of government.
😂😂😂😂😂🍻🍻😂
Hey lady, can I get your annual passes?
First guy is so 🌈 Someone ought to tell him.
Mother Nature is not Disney. This old man has lost his mind
Did you miss the part when he is referring to an old commercial “Don’t mess with Mother Nature?” With the amount of income and employment that Disney provides in FL, it most certainly would be like messing with Mother Nature. Not a good plan.
DESANTIS IS GOD
Not even close.
You guys always pick the top candidates for these interviews. Way to really be selectively choosey in picking out intelligent people to interview. “Disney is Mother Nature, it really boils down to that” 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Team Disney! They have a right to an opinion and freedom of speech. This is government retaliation! An abuse of authority and it’s disgusting!
Lol these people are so proud of their freedom of speech until it’s something they don’t agree with 😂
The government punishing a private organization over free speech. What could possibly be wrong with that? 😂
Please don’t stop DeSantis we need the comedy!
Disney shouldn’t be the only self-governing business entity in the state. Not fair to the other amusement parks (eg Universal) and every other business in the state.
Uh, it’s more like this: Florida’s majority of the populous are fed up with getting woke shoved down their throats as are most Americans everywhere, and we’re ready to let Disney Corp know it. We and Florida will SOMEHOW survive without Disney! They can take their agenda and shove it.💪
@Virginia LopezRey They aren’t the only ones. How do you think the Villages operates?
@bthrashed community vs a theme park.
@Virginia LopezRey Are you daft? They both operate as a special district.
Look you have some old a*s people just repeating Something that doesn’t makes Sense like the word Woke to me is saying you’re aware of the BS that Certain people are trying to tell folks what to say! Also makin laws just because they don’t like or trying to tell people what to read or Say like telling a female she don’t own her Body! Makin laws saying you can’t Marry whoever you want too, American people what’s happening in mostly Southern states is there turning into a Dictator states! Where you basically have no rights?? Woke to me is Recognizing all BS certain folks about??
Ron Desantis is fascist😢
Proof? Look up fascism, you’ll see a picture of Newsome.
DeSantis isn’t beating Disney…..the best lawyers in the world against fatter, dumber Trump lite
disney helps themselves to millions on there property, but they have never helped the rest of florida. get smart florida, make them pay, your state is sinking. start with abc network !!!!
Don’t right wingers hate boycotts like bds but they love their own
“Annual Passes”, Hey Lady Your “Annuals” Are Running Down.
Lady you won’t be missed your annual pass was about to expire by NATURE anyways 😂
Disney is messing with mother nature especially with children safety being an issue with CRT,Abortions and gender identity issues from all the Covid Jab Dementia…not renewing your passes supports the children and nature
Let’s go ahead and make the state of Florida pay over $30 billion for this mistake that they’re getting ready to make because they can’t politically speak correctly One party is on one unbelievably stupid side, and the other is on the same trajectory. You need to come together in the middle because when you stand on an American icon for political gain you might be asking for trouble.
It’s disgusting what DeSantis is doing to Florida let alone disney.
I’m a Floridian. Disney isn’t going anywhere. And yes most Floridians are crazy. They think Desantis is the best gov in history. That’s because they are the ones living on corporate money. The rest of us are losing our homes. Going broke. Many moving out of Florida so more corporate elites can move in. Those are Desantis favorites.
Your comment makes no sense, translation your not Floridian
Disney is the lesser of two evils here.
Disney needs to relocate to business friendly Texas. .like many Californians are already doing.
And mass shootings
Disney.. relocate to Texas.
I hate these ppl
Disney has best busses, infrastructure, unlike any other republican run city
Name one.
The politics of revenge, that’s all DeSantis and Florida Republicans bring to the table. Their policies do nothing to help the people, especially, when Florida politicians are actively being bought by deep pocketed special interests, like, the insurance industry, developers and those who pollute for profit. We have wantonly misinformed voter’s, because, being misinformed serves their political idol’s and this state is already paying the price.
I don’t like Ron desantis
Florida is the #1 destination for tourism worldwide. Disney know what it’s doing….
Florida is very popular, and the top spot in the usa, but no where near worldwide. Paris in France had held that title for a very long time
Disney should build a new park in South Carolina.
Or Texas.
Disney shouldnt speak on political issues?
BROUGHT TO YOU by the people who literally listened to the election lies of a guy that owns a huge pillow business 😂😂😂
Unless you’re a drunk college kid on spring break, Disney and Universal are the only reason to go to Florida unless you just really enjoy having swamp-@$$. 😂
OMG, these people are the downfall of America.
I cancelled everything Disney including Hulu. F mickey
You know I kinda hope repubs cut social security. Just so I can watch these older folks get egg on their face😅
Ron Disaster
these “VILLAGERS” should remember they also have a “TAX” bracket that can be “REMOVED” or reworked!
DeSantis is the most woke person in America…people who support him are Wokers…
Disney will be such a better place without these narrow-minded, judgmental individuals! No one needs their toxicity!
Hey-First Amendment rights state Disney can say what they want. So by boycotting them, or standing by the Dictator DeSantis, you are being unconstitutional and quite less than American. Shame on you.
Pretty soon these conservatives won’t have anything left haha. I love it! They’ll be forced to play kick the can for fun… oh wait, they can’t even look at cans any more 😂😂😂
I’m 75 and these older folks in Florida are afraid of change and in life that’s the one thing you can count on CHANGE and taxes of course 😜😉
Like I said before if Disney ran the country we would have the best transportation system in the world and these folks would still be driving there old Buicks and Continentals 😜
They are opening something in Texas! Great…
Remember, Ron DickSantis hired id me to deny Americans of their jobs, unemployment, and welfare, by labeling them not humans. When Hitler did this the US aborted him.
Is Florida exclusively populated by retirees?
Oh well the 200 million people who will show up from Europe and the far East and South America and Africa to visit Disney this year Will probably make up for your one annual pass. You think? I think a governor should be more interested in solving the problem of escalating insurance rates in his state, what do you think?
All these mfs idiots 😂😂
He’s a freaking psycho who has ZERO chance of being president.
Another 10 years abd these boomers will be irrelvant if theyre still around….
These people need to get a life. And a clue.
Lol 😂, look at old people think and there comments. It’s so cute!!!
The bottom line is Disney was just using their 1st amendment right to free speech and Desantis is trying to take that away
Americas Dumbest
You mean there are gonna be less crotchety old white people at disney? Sounds good, I’ll take her annual passes.😂😂
I hope Disney moves to Texas. Start investing in Texas, Disney. Let the hate-filled Floridians build a giant prison on the land. Florida is sinking and doest want you there, so move to Texas.
The gop sheep😂
the moment someone says Go woke Go broke it lets me know they are ignorant racists.
I will never visit Florida again.