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saying about why it s pulling this project? reporter: well, jake, i received a memo from a disney spokesperson today written by the disney chairman of parks experiences and products, josh demaro, not naming desantis. but i do want to read you part of that statement because they give this reason. given the considerable changes that have occurred since the announcement of this project including new leadership and changing business conditions, we have decided not to move forward with the construction of the campus. this was not an easy decision to make but i believe it is the right one. so there were already some of these 2,000 people who already started to move to florida. they said that they would work individually case by case for their options including the option of moving back here to southern california, where those employees will remain in burbank in the los angeles area. you used the word mousetrap. that is actually also the terminology used by the trump campa ....
at all. what i am doing is very serious. it s very important work. nope, not a game. that was fulton county d.a. fani willis last summer talking about her probe of trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and there are new indications tonight of precisely when any indictments will be coming this summer. also tonight, ron desantis gets set to formally launch his presidential campaign with the baggage of a four-plus year record of attacking the personal freedoms of the people and businesses in his own state. including his economically destructive fight with disney. plus, my conversation with chasten buttigieg who has a message for young people amid the growing threats to lgbtq youth. but we begin tonight with seven battle ground states that president biden won in 20202020. arizona, georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. not only will these all be states to watch in next year s presidential election, but all part of the failed plot by donald trump an ....
Employees will no longer be asked to relocate to florida. josh demaro, chairman of disney parks, experiences and products division, cited changing business conditions as a reason for canceling the lake nona project. the new regional campus, a billion dollar investment, was intended for employees from all across the company. that includes the walt disney imagineering department. it s actually a very cool job. you get to make children s dreams come true. so it doesn t surprise us that ron desantis is over there crushing children s joy over fake fights with mickey mouse. while also crushing the joy of pride events, one of which is now canceled in tampa in the wake of his anti-drag bill. targeting drag shows is only one of the priorities desantis gleefully signed into law as part of his pre-presidential rollout. the new bills also ban gender affirming care for minors and will even grant the state of florida temporary custody of ....
Saying about why it s pulling this project? reporter: well, jake, i received a memo from a disney spokesperson today written by the disney chairman of parks experiences and products, josh demaro, not naming desantis. but i do want to read you part of that statement because they give this reason. given the considerable changes that have occurred since the announcement of this project including new leadership and changing business conditions, we have decided not to move forward with the construction of the campus. this was not an easy decision to make but i believe it is the right one. so there were already some of these 2,000 people who already started to move to florida. they said that they would work individually case by case for their options including the option of moving back here to southern california, where those employees will remain in burbank in the los angeles area. you used the word mousetrap. that is actually also the terminology used by the trump campaign on twitter. ....