Standing behind the counter before a screen flashing ‘famous visitors,’ DeSantis said of Disney: ‘They’re going to live under the same laws as everybody else. They’re going to pay their fair share of taxes and they’re not going to govern themselves. We the people are going to govern, and to put one corporation on a pedestal and let them be exempt from the laws is not good policy,’ he said.

‘It’s not free market economics. And it’s not something that our state is going to be involved in. And so we will not change from that. They can do whatever they want. I know people try to chirp and say this or that. The chance of us backing down on that is zero.’

[There’s nothing to be gained in backing down, and not much to be lost either. Disney has tens of billions in fixed assets in Florida, which is what it should have considered before attempting to throw its weight around last year. They can’t leave, and right now they can’t do much of anything else thanks to their financial woes. They need to figure a way out of this conflict with DeSantis. — Ed]