Megyn Kelly Doubts the DeSantis Crackdown on Disney Will Hold Up in Court: ‘This is in Retaliation’

Megyn Kelly said there is a “very decent chance” the crackdown on Disney led by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will not hold up in court.

On Monday’s episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, she discussed the implications of the Florida governor’s crackdown on “woke” Disney, through the removal of the company’s self-governing powers.

“I’m actually more concerned with what DeSantis is doing from a First Amendment perspective. I actually think there is a very decent chance a court is going to strike this down as viewpoint discrimination by the government against a corporation,” Kelly said. “Which is not lawful.”

“Again, this doesn’t mean it’s the wrong strategic move, right?” she continued. “He’s punching the bully in the nose. Might have to go to the principal for it, might get suspended. Doesn’t necessarily mean it was the wrong thing to do.”

National Review senior writer Charles C. W. Cooke, who called the DeSantis legislation targeting Disney “probably legal” but “definitely cynical” in a recent op-ed and appeared on Kelly’s show to discuss.

He said that while he supported the controversial “Parental Rights in Education” bill that prompted the spat between the governor and Disney, he opposed the new crackdown.

“I like the underlying bill strongly and I like the fact that DeSantis signed it and did so defiantly and told Disney to pound sand,” he said. “I just think that making public policy worse in revenge for the politicking of a corporation is a really bad idea.”

“Maybe it has the First Amendment implications that you proposed,” Cooke said to Kelly. “Morally speaking they are retaliating, this is vengeful, this is retribution and it’s really an unusual move for DeSantis.”

Kelly said, “he’s made very clear this is in retaliation for their viewpoint.”

“It’s very clear, if a legal challenge were to come, he wouldn’t be able to get out of it by saying it wasn’t retaliatory. It’s very clearly retaliatory,” she continued. “I’m just worried because it seems to me that the left — if there’s some new found way of punishing corporations for their political views and usually that’s expressed through contributions — the left is going to do this every day of the week and twice on Sunday.”

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