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.

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    7 days ago

    A guy cut me off in traffic today, so I tariffed the hell out him at the next light.

    That’s what this idiot sounds like.

  • _stranger_@lemmy.world
    16·
    6 days ago

    This is hilarious. The only people who’d want to move to this shithole are the fucking horrible ones, so he’s doing exactly what trump is doing: trying to fuck over the people that support him.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    9·
    6 days 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
      10·
      6 days ago

      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
        5·
        6 days 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.

    • Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com
      2·
      6 days ago

      Yeah number 3 is really what confused me. Aside from the slight problem that tariffs cannot be applied to a person moving state (making the whole thing not make sense) it seems like he’s attacking people leaving left wing districts which would be republicans.

      But nice distraction from abbot: where are the Trump-Epstein files

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    7 days ago

    The conservatives are just complete assholes. That’s the ideology, full stop. A license to be a total asshole.

  • Krauerking@lemy.lol
    7·
    6 days ago

    He’s just living everyone’s favorite bible quote

    “I saw that you were struggling and showed you no compassion but a chart of the different tariffs you should be paying for seeking shelter in my general vicinity. Don’t you assholes know I am king around these parts? Not about to just let some outsiders or neighbors feel welcome around me! What do you think I am? A dirty Jesuit?”

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
    5·
    6 days ago

    All I heard was “And we will continue to do any and all absurd shit to distract from the fact that the President of the United States of America is a pedophile”.