Nikki Haley calls DeSantis a ‘hypocrite’ for Disney war and spending taxpayer money on lawsuit
Nikki Haley Calls DeSantis A ‘Hypocrite’ For Disney War: 2024 Hopefuls Slams Rival For Spending Taxpayers’ Money On Lawsuit — And Slams Trump For ‘Congratulating’ Kim Jong-un
- Nikki Haley slammed Ron DeSantis for using taxpayers’ money in the Disney lawsuit
- Called DeSantis a ‘hypocrite’ and went after other 2024 competitors like Trump
- “Because they were going to criticize him, now he’s going to spend tax dollars on a lawsuit,” she lamented at her CNN town hall on Sunday.
Nikki Haley didn’t hold back her criticism of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, calling him a “hypocrite” for his ongoing feud with Disney during her town hall talk with CNN on Sunday.
The 2024 presidential candidate is among the growing list vying for second place from DeSantis, as he remains at least 20 points behind former President Donald Trump, but about the same distance ahead of the rest of the primary field.
Haley, a former governor of South Carolina and one time Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, slammed DeSantis for using taxpayers’ money to advance the Florida government’s lawsuit with Walt Disney Co.
So here you have DeSantis, who accepted $50,000 in political contributions from Disney; he went and put their executives and their lobbyists on prominent boards all over Florida; and he went and actually gave the highest corporate grants in Florida history to Disney,” Haley told the crowd during her town hall conversation with CNN’s Jake Tapper.
“But because they criticized him, he is now going to spend taxpayers’ money on a lawsuit.”
2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley named competitor and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis a ‘hypocrite’ for spending tax dollars in his lawsuit against Walt Disney Co.
DeSantis is in an ongoing war with Disney after the former CEO berated the governor for banning classroom education on sexual orientation and gender identity
“All that vendetta stuff, we’ve been down that road,” she added, likely referring to Trump. ‘We can’t avoid that [again].’
She added, “And I think he’s being hypocritical.”
DeSantis has made Disney the focus of much of his “anti-woke” anger, claiming that the “corporate kingdom” is pushing a gender-ideological agenda after the former CEO was critical of the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” movie. the governor of Florida. law.
Despite marrying his wife Casey DeSantis at Walt Disney World in 2009, the governor has gone all in on his war with the Florida corporation, suing at taxpayer expense.
He also stripped Disney of its governing power of the specially designated Reedy Creek, where much of the park and resorts sat – along with residences housing many staff.
Many of the progressives’ attacks on DeSantis have focused on removing the classroom discussion and instruction on all things gender identity and sexual orientation.
Haley also doubled down on her criticism of Trump at her town hall on Sunday after the former president congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on winning the dictatorship an appointment to the World Health Organization’s board of directors.
Ron and Casey DeSantis got married in 2009 at Disney World in Florida
“There is nothing good or decent about Kim Jong-un,” the former UN ambassador said, calling him a “criminal.”
“I don’t think we should be congratulating dictators,” she added when pushed by Tapper to Trump’s post on Truth Social. ‘Congratulate our friends. Don’t congratulate our enemies. It encourages them when we do that.’
Continuing the popular line of being “anti-woke” in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries, Haley praised her state’s politics and said DeSantis shouldn’t have gone to such a public war with Disney.
“Fortunately, South Carolina is very anti-wake,” she claimed. “But if you have a company like that, don’t put taxpayers’ money into it. Pick up the phone, handle it, handle it properly.’