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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Will Ron DeSantis’s culture war with Disney threaten his White House run?

A sign near an entranceway to Walt Disney World.
A sign near an entranceway to Walt Disney World. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

It has become one of the most compelling Disney stories ever told, but so far without a happy ever after. In fact, the entrance this week of Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, into the race for his party’s presidential nomination only adds gasoline to his raging feud with the theme park giant over diversity and transgender rights.

It’s a battle that is, conversely, both an essential ingredient to the culture war agenda DeSantis believes will win him the White House in 2024; and a headache he could well do without as he attempts to prove his credentials as a fiscally responsible conservative.

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