In the opinion piece, which was published on a website for Pence’s radio talk show, Pence called the movie “Walt Disney’s attempt to add childhood expectation to the cultural debate over the role of ...

Donald Trump’s new running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, wrote in a 1999 op-ed that the Disney film “Mulan” was liberal propaganda used to foster debate about women serving in the military.

When Disney’s animated musical Mulan was released in China in early 1999, nine months had passed since its international debut. Pirated copies of the film were widely available on disc by that point, ...