As NYC elects its next mayor, Governor Greg Abbott said he would "impose a 100 percent tariff" on New Yorkers moving to Texas.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said he would “impose a 100 percent tariff” on New Yorkers moving to Texas.

“After the polls close tomorrow night, I will impose a 100% tariff on anyone moving to Texas from NYC,” the Republican wrote on X on Monday night.

Abbott’s post came on the eve of New York City’s mayoral election, in which Democrat Zohran Mamdani is the frontrunner. He is facing former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo—who is running as an independent after Mamdani emerged victorious in the Democratic primary in June—and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Valentina Gomez, a Republican congressional candidate in Texas, wrote on X: “Greg, focus on lowering property taxes first. Hardworking people are losing their homes because of this.”

    Popular MAGA influencer Gunther Eagleman wrote on X: “Good! Now abolish property taxes for us that live here.”

    Ryan Fournier, a co-founder of the Students for Trump group, wrote on X: “Governor Abbott joked that he’d slap a 100% tariff on anyone moving from New York to Texas if Mamdani wins. Funny—but he’s not wrong. Stop fleeing liberal cities just to vote the same way you did there.”

    So here we have a spectrum of Republicans.

    1. I mean honestly that on its own, in isolation, is pretty reasonable, Texas has massive property taxes compared to almost every other state, she’s telling Abbot to stop wasting time messaging gibberish to idiots, she’s worried about her potential constituents.

    2. Ok, so uh, I guess we just don’t need a functioning, funded government in Texas. Eagleman is apparently pro-shutdown of the state of Texas… Aka, a libertarian? At least this is possibly a conceptually understandable idea, regardless of how stupid that idea is.

    3. … and now we get to the head-desk level of stupid. Ryan, are the people who voted for Mamdani going to be leaving NYC? … No? No it would be Republicans. Democrats who hate Palestinians …who apparently aren’t Republican or bigotted enough, or … Texas enough? I legitimately don’t think this person could handle making a flow chart with like, more than 2 nodes.

    • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      People move to Texas cause they don’t have an income tax. Then they get hit hard by the property taxes.

      Where do they think the government gets its money? They have to pay for the roads, schools, fire departments…

      Save a buck here just to spend it there.

      • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        4 hours ago

        I mean, presumably, what Abbot is trying to say, is some kind of … total, 100% tax on their… net worth? Of people moving across state lines?

        I dunno… I dunno what the fuck a tariff on a person means, but hey, I just have an econ degree, poli sci degree, and career in data analytics and econometrics, I’m not a governor of a state.