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Disney employee issues dire warning about the economic consequences of new 'leftward lurch'
Jose Castillo, a current Walt Disney Company employee who is running for Congress in Florida as a Republican, told Fox News Digital that Disney's new political activism may come back to bite the company… in its pocketbook.
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Jose Castillo, a current Walt Disney Company employee who is running for Congress in Florida as a Republican, told Fox News Digital that Disney's new political activism may come back to bite the company… in its pocketbook.
Florida legislators have floated the idea of repealing the 1967 Reedy Creek Improvement Act, which gives Disney the autonomy to effectively run its own government in the area around Disney World, in response to the company's recent advocacy against the parental rights law H.B. 1557, which critics have branded the "Don't Say Gay" law. Repealing the law would subject Disney World to the government of Orange County.
Castillo warned that, if Disney's advocacy against the law spurs this repeal, it will hurt the company's bottom-line, especially if the company continues left-wing advocacy.
"I think that if Disney is going to continue this leftward lurch, and the legislature votes to give Disney the left-leaning policies that they’ve asked for, then they’ll be subject to the tyrannical rule of the mayor of Orange County, which they will soon regret," Castillo told Fox News Digital. "If Disney falls under Orange County regulations and taxes, I suspect they’ll think twice before pushing for more of them."
Castillo declined to comment on whether he supports the Reedy Creek Improvement Act, but he did say that as a "free market capitalist," he opposes "the government giving special advantages to certain companies and individuals. It’s not the government’s job to pick winners and losers."
"It is also probably in part because of these privileges and the considerable sway that Disney has in Florida that creates the impetus for them to weigh in on issues such as the Parental Rights in Education Bill," he added.