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Ron DeSantis: “Disney... got massive breaks, subsidies, they could actually…”

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Governor DeSantis Delivers Keynote Address at 2026 Annual David Network Annual Summit

Published | Video Starts at 20:09

I'm not sure that's consistent with the fiduciary duty of their shareholders. So I think it hurt their business a lot. But they had enjoyed since the 1960s control of the local government where Disney... got massive breaks, subsidies, they could actually tax the other businesses and use it for Disney products. or whatever. So I'm just like, well wait a minute, okay, you're waging war against our policy and then you're taking effectively subsidies you have from Florida in order to do it. (20:09–20:53)

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Asserts that Disney received significant breaks and subsidies and could tax other businesses for its benefit.

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