Doesn't it give you so much faith in our country's leadership that you can't finish that sentence? The governor of Florida vetoed $35 million in state funding that would have gone to a youth sports complex in the area that the team would use as a player development facility. The veto appeared to be in response to the announcement of the club's $50,000 donation to Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit organization dedicated to gun reform.
The issue of public funding for sports teams and facilities is a separate one. In a press conference on Friday, he brought up his concerns with taxpayer dollars being used for political activism of a private corporation, but also said that companies are free to engage or not engage with whatever discourse they want, but it's inappropriate to subsidize political activism of a private corporation.
The New York Yankees and the Rays decided to forgo their usual game coverage on social media last Thursday in the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. According to CNN, inside sources said that DeSantis had not made up his mind on vetoing the funding until the baseball team donated to Everytown. At the time of the game, he hadn't expressed his sympathies to the victims and their families.
As he runs for reelection this fall, he seems to be doing everything he can to keep his A grade from the National Rifle Association, which he received during his gubernatorial campaign. He demanded that the Special Olympics drop their vaccine requirement and threatened to fine them $27.5 million if they didn't. You are a real hero, Ron, because you are going after the Special Olympics.
Private corporations are punished for political activism when they go against the beliefs of the person they are campaigning for. The first amendment, who?
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