DeSantis Asks Floridians How to Handle Fleeing New Yorkers
5th November 2025
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis posted an online survey late Tuesday evening asking residents of the Sunshine State how best to respond to New Yorkers fleeing the city following the election of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani.
“Floridians – response to the Mamdani election in NYC should be to,” DeSantis wrote on X, attaching a poll with three options: “Build an FL border wall,” “Tariff all transplants,” and “Recruit new transplants.”
DeSantis was responding to a post from Republican Florida State Representative Peggy Gossett-Seidman, who wrote, “Florida should tariff everyone fleeing NYC, Gov @RonDeSantis.”
Florida has been dealing with ‘fleeing New Yorkers’ for over a century. This ought not to be a difficult question.