Colorado Gov. Polis offers Mickey Mouse
‘asylum’ as he urges Disney to leave Florida
Posted By: AltaD, 4/20/2022 4:30:48 PM
Will the Magic Kingdom leave the swamplands of Florida for the clean, cool air of the Rocky Mountains? Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is openly lobbying The Walt Disney Co. to relocate its theme park from Orlando to his state over what he calls “authoritarian socialist attacks” from the Republican Party. “Florida’s authoritarian socialist attacks on the private sector are driving businesses away,” the Democratic governor tweeted on Tuesday. “In CO, we don’t meddle in affairs of companies like @Disney or @Twitter.”
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Polis really needs to brush up on the definition of socialist.