Republican Sen. Rick Scott flew a banner over New York Metropolis seashores urging anti-socialist New Yorkers to maneuver to Florida if Zohran Mamdani wins the mayoral race.
The aerial advert was noticed flying above Coney Island, Rockaway Seashore, and Jones Seashore on Saturday.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida) is out with an aerial commercial over the boardwalk at Jones Seashore that reads:
Hate Socialism? Us Too. Transfer 2 Fl.
Scott has a historical past of trolling NY gov officers by encouraging their residents to maneuver to Florida. pic.twitter.com/xOeBJMZTDK
— Kadia Goba (@kadiagoba) July 26, 2025
“Hate socialism?” the banner learn. “Us too! Transfer 2 FL.”
The banner concludes with the added troll, “WE HAVE BETTER BEACHES.”
noticed in NY
Florida is the place to flee socialism! pic.twitter.com/yBZxWdr0e5
— Rick Scott (@ScottforFlorida) July 26, 2025
Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), lately received the Democratic major, positioning himself as a powerful contender for the mayor’s workplace. His platform contains progressive insurance policies akin to lease management, elevated public housing, and government-run grocery shops.
“New York Metropolis as soon as represented the American Dream – a metropolis the place something was attainable. At the moment, it has now turn into town the place solely billionaires can prosper, Jewish college students are attacked on campus, capitalism is shunned and radical socialists like Zohran Mamdani are celebrated,” Scott stated in an announcement to the New York Post. “New York Metropolis has benefitted from the perfect system on the earth – Capitalism – but it’s now being villainized by the Democrats all throughout this nation.”
“Democrats are working across the clock to discredit President Trump and tear down our nation and rebuild it of their woke, radical picture by means of socialist insurance policies.”
Scott additionally defined that socialism is “an outdated, barbaric, discredited concept that’s failed each time it’s been tried.”
“As Governor and now US Senator, I’ve continuously labored to ensure each household can get an excellent job, their youngsters can get a world class schooling they usually can stay in protected communities,” Scott stated. “That’s the American Dream and it’s deeply unlucky that it’s fully slipping away in New York.”
The senator concluded by saying, “New York households deserve higher.”
Florida has skilled a major inflow of recent residents fleeing from liberal states, akin to New York, lately.
