I think it was the opposition to the Parental Rights bill that allowed for the widespread support of removing the special privileges. I think that many in Florida including the some representatives wanted to remove the privileges before but couldn't find any reason that was popular enough. Things like promoting prepubescent trans children on TV never made the headlines so they couldn't run on that. When Disney opposed a bill whose stated goal is to protect children, which the majority of people in Florida regardless of political party support, while at the same time Disney had multiple employees arrested for human trafficking it opened an opportunity. The politicians took it and removed the privileges.

I don't believe it would have happened at this time if Disney had not opposed the Parental Rights bill. Like I said above I believe it opened the opportunity up to do it. If Disney hadn't opposed this bill the next time they did something unpopular with the average Floridian they would have lost their special privileges.

I think there is a long list of things that Disney has been supporting for years that the average Floridian opposes and considers CA values. I think promoting trans kids and putting warnings on old movies are good examples.

I think the politicians who gave Disney an exception wanted to use Disney, but I don't think they actually supported Disney. Disney's support for various woke thing was widely known by conservatives. I doubt those involved with the exception supported Disney back then. They just didn't have the opportunity to implement what they wanted.