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In the Harold Lloyd silent comedy "Safety Last," Harold climbs up the side of a skyscraper for a monetary prize . As he makes the death-defying climb, several obstacles impede his progress and threaten to send him hurtling downward. (You no doubt remember the scene with him dangling from the large swinging clockface.)

One of the obstacles is a little mouse that manages to climb up the leg of Harold's trousers. As Harold dances around on a tiny ledge trying to shake the mouse out, he gets closer and closer to falling.

Yes, Governor DeSantis, Disney has climbed up your trousers, and you are dancing around for your political life trying to shake it out. I'm betting that unlike Harold, you're going to fall, and the mouse is going to jump to the ledge just in time to watch.

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