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Bernardo de La Paz

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18. Abbott's inspirations: "Nearly a million New Yorkers plan to flee if Mamdani is elected mayor -report"
Mon Nov 3, 2025, 11:20 PM
Nov 2025

This is what is motivating Abbott. Posted not for endorsement of the Reich Wing site or viewpoints. Posted to help people understand Reich Wing memes. Copied from a Reich Wing website, and I'm not going to the Reich Wing American (non)Thinker site to verify it.

Nearly a million New Yorkers plan to flee if Mamdani is elected mayor -report
American Thinker ^ | 11/03/2025 | Monica Showalter

Nothing says 'socialism' like people fleeing from it. This is as true in New York, Illinois, and California as it was in the U.S.S.R., Venezuela, and Cuba. But the prospect of young and dogmatic socialist Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor of New York City has taken the phenomenon to a new level.

Mamdani's lead in the polls has narrowed, but he still leads by six points. The majority of New Yorkers have split their votes between disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and peripatic safety advocate Curtis Sliwa, divving up more than 50% of the vote it would otherwise be if the two united.

According to the New York Post:
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are prepared to bolt from the Big Apple if socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani wins Tuesday’s mayoral race — potentially setting the stage for the largest population flight in US history, an alarming new poll warned early Monday.

Around 765,000 people of the 8.4 million residents who call New York City home are preparing to leave, with about 9% of New Yorkers sharing that they would “definitely” leave the city if Mamdani is elected the 111th mayor, the Daily Mail reported, citing a survey conducted by J.L. Partners. If those residents were to leave, it would be equal to the population of Washington, DC, Las Vegas, or Seattle fleeing the city.


Thatt's [sic] quite the advertisement for the impact of socialism, which is to say, high prices, high taxes, unequal justice, lack of representation, lack of freedom, waste, fraud, ripoffs, crime, a lower standard of living, and a crummy, corrupt nomenklatura elite growing rich off the people who have to work for a living. Those are the 'fruits' of socialism, everywhere it is tried.


A note about polling: there are about 10% of any sample who will agree with any proposition, no matter how stupid. They will do so because they a) want to please the pollster / polling group, or b) don't understand the question, or c) just want to ratfuck the poll.

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K&R UTUSN Nov 2025 #1
Jeez UpInArms Nov 2025 #2
Half the time they are playing dumb and just want applegrove Nov 2025 #4
Yes. They know Democrats are not stupid and are not convinced by lies & idiocy. So Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2025 #12
That's really weird. Biophilic Nov 2025 #3
1) What a dumbass. 2) He makes it sound like if say, Tanner Ray Whiskynuts Maru Kitteh Nov 2025 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author markodochartaigh Nov 2025 #6
All parties have beliefs. Democrats believe all people are basically equal. Ideology does not trump facts & logic. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2025 #11
Even stupider, why would a governer impose tariffs on new residents? LearnedHand Nov 2025 #7
Having worked in Dallas, Texas for 2 years, my question is , "Why the fu*k would anyone want to move there?" sinkingfeeling Nov 2025 #8
Why does anyone move anywhere? mwmisses4289 Nov 2025 #9
I got out of Dallas at age 17 and never moved back. ananda Nov 2025 #14
1) You can only tariff possessions (slaves), not citizens. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2025 #10
Is his brain working? SSJVegeta Nov 2025 #13
what brain? RainCaster Nov 2025 #17
I happen to be reading the Federalist Papers, so this strikes me as... reACTIONary Nov 2025 #15
You Baylor Baptists! czarjak Nov 2025 #16
Abbott's inspirations: "Nearly a million New Yorkers plan to flee if Mamdani is elected mayor -report" Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2025 #18
The only thing that's gonna do, is increase support for Mamdani. Trump's endorsement of Cuomo will help Mamdani even Fil1957 Nov 2025 #19
Texans don't get to vote in that election RainCaster Nov 2025 #20
Texas is or wants to be the strange attractor of stupid. PufPuf23 Nov 2025 #21
"...the MAGA movement is really afraid of Mamdani." LudwigPastorius Nov 2025 #22
Abbot proves BidenRocks Nov 2025 #23
How exactly would that work? Renew Deal Nov 2025 #24
Any single borough in NYC has more sense than the entire State of Texas. walkingman Nov 2025 #25
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