Posted on 08/27/2022 8:52:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
How confident is the unelected Governor of New York that she can’t possibly be defeated by a Republican in an election in her state? Based on one of her stump speeches yesterday, her confidence is off the charts. In one of the more shocking displays of vile partisanship I can recall hearing in my lifetime, Kathy Hochul delivered a message to the state’s more than five million registered Republicans. Get out. She literally said that all New York Republicans should “jump on a bus” and move to Florida “where you belong.” She topped that demand off with a claim that Republicans “are not New Yorkers.” The responses to this sickening display came in a fast and furious fashion, including one from Tim Hoefer at the New York Post. Hochul might want to think before opening her mouth in the future because plenty of people from both parties are already fleeing her state and she is not blameless in the current exodus.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, who hasn’t proven shy about issuing orders, had one for the state’s Republicans this week — all 5.4 million of them: “Just jump on a bus and head down to Florida where you belong, OK?” she said. “You are not New Yorkers.”
If you can move beyond the frankly disgusting political partisanship and intolerance, her message is fiscally irresponsible, even dangerous. The governor probably already knows this, but the state’s extensive public sector is heavily reliant on personal income taxes paid by residents, and with nearly $14 billion in projected budget gaps over the next five years, it can’t afford to lose any taxpayers, let alone 5.4 million of them.
The Empire State has already lost 1.5 million residents in the past decade, and there’s no sign of that trend letting up. In fact, more than 350,000 New Yorkers relocated during the 12 pandemic-plagued months leading up to July 1, 2021.
Hochul specifically called for Republicans to leave, but it’s a safe bet that she feels the same way about the hundreds of thousands of members of the Conservative Party of New York (of which I’m a member). As such, I feel that the Governor’s “invitation” was directed at me as well. If anything, she probably hates us even more.
As Hoefer points out in the linked editorial, this is essentially unprecedented in American politics. Traditionally, when someone runs for Governor or any elected office, they seek that position knowing that they have to represent and lead on behalf of everyone in the applicable electorate. Yes, we all know that not everything is going to go the way you might prefer if your candidate of choice fails to prevail, but it’s still expected that a governor will make decisions based on what they perceive to be in the best interest of all of the state’s citizens. But now, Kathy Hochul has torn away the mask and let everyone who disagrees with her know that she despises millions of the people she is sworn to represent and would prefer that they move elsewhere.
A statement like this is not only immoral and hateful, but it’s politically suicidal in terms of the future welfare of the state of New York. People had been moving out of the state in droves all during Andrew Cuomo’s tenure in the Governor’s Mansion and they continue to do so under the Hochul regime. New York has lost congressional seats in the last two census periods for a reason. I find myself thinking back on all the taxes my family has paid into the state’s coffers in the more than thirty years since I moved back to the state of my birth. Now multiply that by the number of Republicans, conservatives, and right-leaning independents in the state over that period of time. Without all of that money, New York wouldn’t be able to afford to plow the snow in the winter, to say nothing of all the rest of its bloated budget.
And it’s not just individuals who have been leaving, by the way. Businesses have been moving out as well and taking all of the jobs they create with them. The Democrats had already long since made it clear that gun manufacturers were not welcome in the Empire State. And what happened? They left. One of the state’s larger industries dating back to before the Civil War has now been almost entirely gutted, leaving ghost towns in its wake. And if you’re a business owner in New York, there’s a good chance that you lean conservative, or at least that you will after spending a few years dealing with the State’s outrageous tax rates and crushing regulations. Would Kathy Hochul like to see even more of them leave?
The sad reality is that my wife and I had already been talking about taking Hochul up on her offer well before she spoke the words aloud. And we’ve talked seriously about it for pretty much all of the reasons listed above. I’ve pretty much given up hope that the people of New York will wake up in sufficient numbers and vote in leaders who will change these self-destructive policies. The voters keep doing the same thing over and over while somehow expecting different results. If we didn’t both have family in the state, I probably would have left before now.
They should go. Doesn’t have to be Florida, but get the heck out of New York. Your governor is openly hostile to you (and Cuomo made a similar;ar statement re conservatives). Let her rule over the parasites and predators who remain behind.
The Dems will never learn except through experience.
NYS is a property tax state.
High property taxes mean smaller families. At least smaller makers families.
Albany is cool with that.
It just pads our census figs and imports more takers.
Gad, I wish folks would get a clue.
NYS GOP is an acronymix oxymoron.
It’s NOT just Dems.
The letter after the name means jack anymore.
It’s just about every damn pol in this state.
The vast majority are Deep State.
...acronymic...
As long as a candidate is MAGA and votes that way, I don’t give a rat’s patootie about the letter after the name.
I think that’s exactly what is happening.
I’ve even seen a handful of New York license plates here in Idaho.
Through abortion debate is a strong driver of what is happening this is not a one or even mainly a one issue divide that is being created but a multifaceted basic moral divide being created. The whole gender/trans thing has become in a short time a very powerful driver and many see the gains that women have made being washed away by the efforts of some to equate and or dilute women’s rights. People see the schools failing to give their children a good quality education that gives them a foundation for a successful and productive life while indoctrinating them in the false promises of socialism. This is NOT a one issue divide but a great parting of basic moral and ethical issues. If antiabortion movement has a weakness it is that protecting a child through gestation is not the end of the fight for many the total cost of raising a child into a successful, productive adult has become more than many can bear. Who wants to raise a child only to see them die in the street weather a participant or an innocent?
She looks like Piglosi’s sister.
If I did not hate the heat and humidity I would leave NYS in a heartbeat. I go down to Florida to see my daughter and can not wait to get out of that awful weather. Florida is wonderful except for that.
Any Conservative New Yorkers looking to come south I’ve got a great house for sale 30 minutes from downtown Chattanooga in low tax/low crime Tennessee.
They're the same people who brought us Jim Crow, segregation, lynching, and Eugenics. They really haven't changed much since 1859.
"Suspect"? There are plenty of valid reasons a person might move from Florida.
1) I could sell my FL condo for a bloody fortune
2) My FL neighborhood was becoming "the hood"
3) I already owned a perfect "bug-out" home in very rural TN (an even more red state), that was perfect for me to provide care to my elderly mother in her final phase of life.
4) I can return to FL any time I want, and not be in "the hood"
5) Traffic in FL is quickly becoming a total nightmare.
In Tampa I had a neighbor who drove Uber who came home one Saturday night with four bullet holes in his car.
Heck, in my case it's all five. Plenty of reasons to relocate. For now, as the song goes, "Thank God I'm a country boy!"
Watch the Uhaul lots. Here in Tennessee, every Uhaul lot you pass is overflowing with trucks and trailers, so many they’re having to park them outside their fenced areas. I live near Chattanooga and drive up to Nashville 5-6 times a month. I started counting southbound Uhauls on I-24 about 2 years ago. I typically see 30-50 southbound in a 100 mile stretch of I-24. That’s just Uhauls, not counting Penske or Budget or other rental trucks/trailers. On the return trip you might see 2-3 northbound, and usually it’s a Uhaul pulling a Uhaul being relocated back north or west. When I see a Uhaul pulling a car the license plates are always NY, NJ, IL, MN, or CA.
Good valid reasons. I’m just saying that Florida is becoming the number one cut a state in the country. And we have the next President of the United States in 2028. So it’s going to definitely be the main state for a while at least. Tennessee is cool to. It’s just not a conversation state.
Didn’t Cuomo say this very thing?
Florida sucks…over crowded …bugs and hot and humid….move to California much nicer
Shock treatments make people democrats they all look that way and they all sound a like.
Pre AI drone days
RE: Didn’t Cuomo say this very thing?
Yes he did. He also said, “ We are not going to make America great again, it was never great in the first place.”
Someone needs to tattoo the first amendment on this bitch’s forehead.
My MIL lives in a rural part of the Finger Lakes area surrounded by Mennonites.
It is a little piece of heaven that seems to be immune from the craziness coming out of Albany and NYC.
She has no TV and no Internet—so she will probably never hear the message of hate from the governor.
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