Dumbo Dumping DeSantis

 By Hal Brown

While Mickey Mouse has come to represent all things Disney, Dumbo, released in 1941, was the fourth Disney film. There's a Disney Fantasy ride where visitors can experience the flying elephant. 

There have been images of DeSantis being chased by Mickey Mouse. I augmented one of them here.

I haven't seen any of Dumbo dumping on him so I made one to complement this blog. Those are my rolls of Charmin in the background in case a few people don't "get" the other meaning of dumping..

If you watch "Morning Joe" like I do you know that co-host Mika Brzezinski often rolls her eyes when her husband Joe Scarborough and the male regulars spend time talking sports. This morning she demonstrated that the sports jargon has rubbed off on her. In talking about Ron DeSantis going after Disney in his culture war which resulted in their losing out on the 2000 jobs that would have come with the now called off $1 billion previously planned expansion she noted that this was a rookie move.

This came as a result of the latest counter-offensive coming from Disney and its CEO Bob Iger in announcing that he was canceling its plans for building a $1 billion campus in Florida.

Mika noted what Bob Iger was doing yesterday. He was with Harrison Ford at the Cannes film festival.

Yesterday I wrote this blog about DeSantis and his war against woke basically as an excuse for using this snarky illustration which I made.

This was the top of the page page article on HUFFPOST which was about another aspect of the DeSantis war against woke:

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If you read HUFFOST you know that their main page featured article often has alterations in the title which is different than the title of the article. This main page title was no different in calling the Sunshine State shady. All states have adopted one or more nicknames to promote characteristics that they are proud of. Florida has lots of sunshine. There are two definitions of sunshine. 

1

a

: the sun's light or direct rays

b

: the warmth and light given by the sun's rays

c

: a spot or surface on which the sun's light shines

2

: someone or something (such as a person, condition, or influence) that radiates warmth, cheer, or happiness

DeSantis hardly is someone who fits the second meaning.

DeSantis can't win for losing. As I wrote about yesterday, he now has poked a mama bear elementary school teacher named Jenna Barbee for showing a Disney movie to her fifth grade class which has a gay character in it. This made her a national figure.

The DeSantis book ban is also biting him in the ass. There's a coincidence in that Penguin-Random House, along with a group of Florida citizens, is suing over his book bans. This is that one of the books being banned, which happens to be published by Simon and Schuster not Penguin, is about two male penguins raising a female chick.

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The inclusion of this book on the banned list has been the subject of many articles about the Florida book ban:

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Even Donald Trump knew back in April that DeSantis was nuts to go after a beloved American company and major Florida employer. He actually predicted Disney's move although he anticipated a slow withdrawal of their Florida investment and what actually came was a major move.

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There's an aspect of the pursuit to win the GOP nomination that DeSantis probably hasn't considered . This is that Trump has a base which will forgive him anything. DeSantis has no such base. His going after Disney may be the final straw for Florida residents already wavering in their approval of him. If his polls go down in his home that this will be a major blow to his presidential aspirations, and this will be worse for him if his national polls take a major hit.

Trump, who has admitted that he sometimes watches "Morning Joe" must have been pleased if he saw how the Disney cancellation was covered this morning: