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$DIS > Ron Neo N DeSantis' Fight With Disney Echoes 'Autocratic' China, Russia Tactics, Say Former Government Officials: 'Corrosive To ... Demcocracy'
5:10 am ET August 7, 2023 (Benzinga) Print
Neither Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) nor presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis have backed down a bit in their ongoing feud over the latter allegedly pursuing a retaliatory stance against the Mouse House.

What Happened: A group of former high-level government officials, including governors and lawmakers, filed a “friend of the court” brief last week in Disney's federal lawsuit against DeSantis, AP reported, adding that the group comprised mostly Republicans.

Their court filing revealed, by opting to do it, they wish to demonstrate “how the path the Governor has chosen is corrosive to the form of democracy envisioned by the Constitution, and to re-emphasize this Court's critical constitutional role in curbing the excesses of governance by retaliation.”

The group said DeSantis has followed the autocratic examples of governments in Russia and China. The Florida governor's takeover of the Disney World governing district was “severely damaging to the political, social, and economic fabric of the State,” they added.