You know, Disney seems to be having some problems and I don't think they are all that myself. Not that I actively dislike them.
But IMHO DeSantis basically did this to himself for no reason. The law that started this was ALWAYS going to pass the legislature. There was never any doubt about it. It wasn't even close.
Republicans are supposed to be business friendly. Republicans are supposed to be the party of small government, where companies aren't controlled by the government.
Why on EARTH would DeSantis do ANY of this for a law that was always going to sail through the legislature?
The fact that in spite of DeSantis actively attacking and enlisting the government to work against against one of the largest private companies in the state, Disney made him look really stupid on a number of occasions. That's actually not surprising that corporate lawyers > state government lawyers. That's kind of one of the foundations of capitalism.
So not surprising that Disney comes out of this relatively cleanly and DeSantis is MUCH worse off nationally. IMHO, this was totally expected... even if DeSantis won this fight and ran Disney right out of the state, who would be the winner there? Disney loses and Florida... is that a win??? Again, just not seeing what DeSantis was thinking here... lose-lose situation right there is the BEST outcome for him.