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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg

GOP governor Asa Hutchinson criticises DeSantis for ‘punitive approach’ to Disney

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Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was wrong to push through a law terminating the self-governing status the state government granted to the Walt Disney Company in the 1960s, because he did so to punish the company for criticising a controversial Florida law.

Mr Hutchinson, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, also criticised the company for how it handled the recently passed law which purportedly prohibits classroom discussions of sexual orientation in early primary school grades.

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