If you have been to browse the social media feeds of a few of the lawmakers from New York and California, you would possibly suppose that life inside their deep-blue bastions was hunky dory.
After all, if that weren’t the case, then how on earth might these pols justify spending a lot time obsessing over one other state’s governor?
Take for instance, Congressman Jamaal Bowman who serves New York’s sixteenth Congressional district.
This week, Bowman launched a cringeworthy video through which somebody (in all probability a depressing staffer) filmed him packaging up books to ship to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (or as Bowman referred to him “Cousin Ron”).
Some of the books within the package deal included, “White Fragility,” and “How to be an Antiracist.”
“I know already you’re triggered, you’re probably falling out of your seat, you’re probably screaming and yelling. You’re probably going to throw it across the room. Don’t do it,” Bowman sarcastically advised DeSantis.
Which of those males seems extra “triggered” within the state of affairs, the governor of the fastest-growing state in 2022 who didn’t reply to the stunt, or the person filming himself passive-aggressively sending a care package deal to stated governor?
If solely Bowman took a break from his weird virtue-signaling and channeled that power into—right here’s a loopy thought— doing his job, then maybe New York could be fairing a bit higher proper now.
In August, Fox News ran a bit titled, “ ‘Defund the Police’ Rep. Bowman sees 30% violent crime spike in Northern Bronx.”
The evaluation checked out crime in Bowman’s district, together with the town of Mount Vernon. Jessica Chasmar wrote that Mount Vernon “saw a 39.4% increase so far this year (2022) compared to 2021, with a 20.7% jump in robberies and 21.7% increase in burglaries.”
But Bowman has larger fish to fry. He can’t be bothered worrying about burglaries when he’s busy attempting to bait Ron DeSantis right into a Twitter feud. The man has distinctive priorities, you must give him that.
Perhaps Bowman is taking cues from New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who lately tried his finest to goad DeSantis right into a separate however equally ridiculous social media spat.
When DeSantis visited the Empire State as a part of his pro-police tour in February, Adams despatched out this tweet: “ Welcome to NYC, @GovRonDeSantis, a place where we don’t ban books, discriminate against our LGBTQ+ neighbors, use asylum seekers as props, or let the government stand between a woman and health care. We’re happy to teach you something about values while you.”
I’ve just a few questions for the mayor.
First of all, if New York City is such an inviting utopia and Florida is such a backwards hell gap, then why do New York pols like Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez select to trip in Miami?
And, why does DeSantis flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard qualify as utilizing “asylum seekers as props” however once you bus migrants from the Big Apple to the Canadian border it’s thought of “re-ticketing” migrants and aiding them with their needs?
Focusing on one other state and one other governor as their boogeyman would possibly make these New York leaders really feel higher, however it does completely nothing for his or her constituents.
Speaking of states which have fallen into despair, California is coping with quite a lot of the identical issues as New York, together with extreme crime, rampant homelessness, and a notoriously excessive price of dwelling.
However, should you listened to Governor Gavin Newsom, you’ll by no means realize it!
In truth, this week, whereas Californians have been coping with the aftermath of a blizzard, their well-coiffed chief was busy trying to troll DeSantis.
Breitbart News reported that, “On Thursday, while many Californians were digging out of the snow, he [Newsom] used ‘Read Across America Day’ to accuse conservative states of ‘whitewashing literature and banning books.’”
These leaders are hell bent on giving DeSantis the needle at each flip and in the meantime they’re lacking in motion on the problems dealing with their respective states. That could possibly be a part of the rationale California and New York are consistently talked about in information headlines alongside the phrases “mass exodus.”
Unfortunately for these DeSantis-Deranged Democrats, the million greenback query is one which they’ll’t reply: If Florida and DeSantis are so horrible—and your liberal blue states are the head of woke perfection— then why, oh why, are your whole constituents shifting to the Sunshine State?
The New York Post reported in January that “more New Yorkers fled to Florida in 2022 than any year in history, according to new data.”
The Washington Examiner reported that, “U-Haul’s annual report for 2022 showed that people continue to head to the Lone Star State and the Sunshine State, while leaving California and Illinois.”
As President Joe Biden as soon as stated, “the proof of the pudding is in the eating.” The numbers don’t lie, even when the good blue state bureaucrats liable for stated numbers do.
My recommendation for the smug, social media wannabes like Bowman, Adams and Newsom?
As evidenced by what we’ve witnessed in California and New York, clearly Americans don’t have a difficulty packing up and leaving a state in the event that they imagine it’s being run into the bottom.
Until that occurs, I’d counsel these attention-hungry hacks focus much less on Florida and extra on their very own backyards.
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