DeSantis vetoes $35 million for a Tampa Bay Rays facility after they tweeted about gun control, saying it is 'inappropriate to subsidize the political activism of a private corporation'

• The new training facility was vetoed by the governor.

• Statistics on gun violence were posted by theRays last week.

• He opposed subsidizing the political activism of a private corporation.

A proposal to build a training facility for the baseball team in Florida was vetoed by the governor.

One of the teams that took to social media to promote gun control legislation was the Rays.

During the May 26 game against the New York Yankees, the Rays posted a series oftweets highlighting various gun violence statistics.

—Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 26, 2022

—Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) May 27, 2022

The fiscal year begins on July 1. The vetoes included the $35 million sports complex.

The site was supposed to be used as a spring-training facility.

"I don't believe in giving taxpayer dollars to professional sports stadiums," he said.

He said that companies are free to engage or not engage with whatever discourse they want, but it's inappropriate to be doing tax dollars for a professional sports stadium and subsidizing political activism of a private corporation.

The veto was not commented on by the team.

In April, he promised to sign the "constitutional carry" legislation, which would allow people to carry handguns without permits or licenses.

After it made statements that went against his political beliefs, the corporation was affected by the veto.

Disney was targeted by the governor of Florida over its opposition to the state's "Don't Say Gay" legislation.

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