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.

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[–] 22 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

This is stupider...

He's threatening to tax wealthy New Yorkers who leave NYC after Mamdani is elected.

He should be incentizing those moves to stoke fear the wealthy would flee NYC, or at least pretending to mean that so that common new yorkers might vote against their own best interests

Like, theyve been trying to use "the wealthy will leave" right up to election day, then 180'd to "the wealthy can't leave".

The wealthy are already voting for Cuomo

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