Why Am I Not Surprised

The Washington Post is saying that Gov DeSantis' veto of handing millions of dollars to the Tampa Rays is suppressing free speech?

What about denying them the $35 million prevents them from saying anything they want?

They're still free to talk, they have the Washington Post printing their side eagerly, how is their speech being suppressed?

Well, it appears that WaPo is as bad at 1st Amendment as they've been at 2nd Amendment.

Speaking of 2A, it was the Rays donating to anti-gun organizations and pandering to the anti-rights crowd that got them their money taken away.

DeSantis has been pretty clear about how Tallahassee feels about companies getting into politics that have nothing to do with their business.  Ask Disney.

He's also long been outspoken against government funding of sports.  While football is the biggest offender, baseball isn't far behind in the "taxpayers pay all the expenses and the owners keep all of the receipts" game.

Professional sports make millions and millions and the cost of having them always outweighs the benefits.  The trickle down to other businesses never really materializes and the costs to the tax payer in extra police, crime and traffic irritation just add to the down-side.

I'd have been happy about this veto even if the Rays had been silent on guns.

But baseball has nothing to do with firearms and when any business decides that it has to express an opinion on any right, then they're volunteering to go without taxpayer funding.