Disney CEO Tried to Avoid Politics, Now Finds Himself in Middle of Partisan Spat

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Walt Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek said the company is pausing all political donations in Florida, following reactions to a bill that the state’s senate passed that would restrict teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools

On Monday, Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Chapek said he didn’t want to wade into politics.

He finished the week pledging to crusade against anti-LGBTQ legislation across the country and in a public fight with the governor of the state that houses his company’s most famous asset.known by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, saying the company was pausing all political giving in the state and boosting efforts to fight similar legislation in other parts of the country.

 

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Is GovRonDesantis having a mental breakdown? His tweets are increasingly unhinged?

Disney So proud of you for standing up to the idiots in Florida.

This won’t end well for Disney.

This is what Defending Pedophilia looks like.

He's screwed no matter what he does. Everybody hates Disney and wants to kick the sh-t out of them.

WSJ you guys lie. It’s just stopping sex ed for K to 3. Quit lying to your readers

Disney, just like all big corps, will take whatever stand they think will encourage people to buy stock. Period. They don’t care what that stand is or if it even makes sense.

Companies shouldn’t be making political contributions in the first place

Wake up Florida!

A chief executive ought to set an example, not follow reactions.

Good, stand for what is right and be the change you want to see.

Tried to avoid politics? They ruined Disney, ESPN and any other business associated.

This is not accurate and yet another publication that did not read the bill 🤦🏼‍♀️

Previously disappointed stockholding grandma says thanks to Disney.

So Disney is then for teaching gender identity and sexual orientation to 5-8 year olds! This is simply indoctrination and child abuse. Leave our innocent children alone. This is the job of the parents not the schools. Disney

Disney is a pro-gay institution. They have a 'Gay Week', that week all 'community members' wear red t-shirts and they show affection publicly and proudly. What else you were expecting?

For how long?

…to little children in kindergarten

Applies to kindergarten thru 3 rd grade

Ok so what. You work at Disney not like it’s a meaningless job but close.

All corporations should stop donating money to ALL political parties. Remove the money remove the bad PR. Being apolitical is a very wise move to focus solely on your brand

DIS_CEO send your less than 5 years old granddaughter to be sexually educated at those schools and wait for the outcome.

Disney & espn can both getfuxxed.

Bald elon musk

Dumb editors work here. Giving political donation means being involved in politics. You can say he was into tax cuts, subsidizes, polluting without consequences but Republican’s bullying of gay kids went too far.

That headline is very misleading. Kindergarten through 3rd grade, not ‘Public Schools’. kids that age don't need to be taught about sexual orientation, the ones that develop a different orientation than that given at birth are usually aware later on.

You want the Law and Public Funding to support you identifying with what you're not?!

This is scary! Wake up people!

Paused all political donations - why? He just cannot figure out how to support his lgbtq employees. He’s not capable of it. The Republican in him runs too deep.

So he’s gay

That headline is very misleading. Kindergarten through third grade, not ‘Public Schools’. I’m not sure kids that age need to be tought about sexual orientation.

How can this be the headline when Disney made hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in political donations?

No, kindergarden is not a place to discuss sex unless you are a pedophile.

Just a pause until the bigoted folks designing laws specifically to cause harm become totally different people

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