DeSantis predicts Florida property values will ‘skyrocket’ if NYC Dem socialist nominee wins

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is predicting spot values successful Palm Beach volition "skyrocket" if Democratic socialist nominee Zohran Mamdani wins the mayor’s contention successful New York City this November.

Mamdani, a Ugandan migrant and subordinate of the Democratic Socialists of America, won the Democratic Party’s information for New York City politician connected Tuesday night. Running a run successful which helium promised a slew of escaped services, Mamdani defeated erstwhile New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who was highly favored to win. His triumph has caused alarm among some Republicans and Democrats, with immoderate predicting a Mamdani medication would pb to a wide exodus from America’s largest city.

"Just erstwhile you thought Palm Beach existent property couldn’t spell immoderate higher…" DeSantis said connected X successful effect to Mamdani taking the pb implicit Cuomo, a quip playing disconnected southbound Florida arsenic a long-favored relocation destination for New Yorkers.

Speaking soon earlier the superior predetermination connected Tuesday, DeSantis said, "if this socialist politician campaigner wins successful New York City, you’re going to spot existent property values skyrocket successful Palm Beach due to the fact that radical are going to get retired of that city."

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Left: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican. Right: New York City Democratic nominee for politician Zohran Mamdani. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images and Getty Images)

"As atrocious arsenic De Blasio was," DeSantis went on, "this feline is going to beryllium way, mode worse."

"He doesn’t deliberation that we should person instrumentality enforcement successful unsafe parts of the city, that you should nonstop successful societal workers. See however that works retired for you, it ain’t going to enactment retired well. So, they’ve made a batch of dumb decisions, and we’ve benefited from it," helium quipped.

Florida’s Voice reported DeSantis besides commenting, "if this feline gets in, we whitethorn request to up our constabulary recruitment bonuses" due to the fact that "you’re going to spot a flood of people."

DeSantis added that "when you person a campaigner who wants to abolish the NYPD," that "ain’t going to extremity well."

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The metropolis of West Palm Beach successful Florida. (iStock)

A look done Mamdani’s platform, disposable connected his run website, lives up to his socialist affiliation and endorsements by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.  

He has promised to instantly frost rent prices for much than 2 cardinal New Yorkers surviving successful rent-stabilized apartments, instrumentality escaped nationalist transit, make a web of city-owned market stores that are "focused connected keeping prices low, not making a profit" and institute escaped cosmopolitan childcare for children from ages 6 weeks to 5 years.

He has besides promised to make a New York City Department of Community Safety that helium says volition deploy outreach workers successful 100 subway stations, grow weapon unit prevention programs, and summation backing to "hate unit prevention programs" by 800%.

Mamdani has besides pledged to champion a instrumentality to rise the minimum wage successful New York City to $30 an hr by 2030.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters upon accomplishment successful West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., Feb.16, 2025. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

Mamdani’s website says that helium plans to rise the firm taxation complaint to 11.5%, which helium says volition bring successful an other $5 billion. He plans to further acceptable a level 2% taxation connected those earning supra $1 cardinal annually, which helium believes volition bring successful an other $4 cardinal a twelvemonth in taxes. He has besides said helium volition prosecute much taxation auditors, extremity no-bid contracts and ace down connected good postulation from "corrupt landlords" to rise an further $1 billion.

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Republicans and Democrats alike person criticized Mamdani’s record. Trump has besides weighed in, saying that "this is simply a large infinitesimal successful the History of our Country" successful which "the Democrats person crossed the line" with Mamdani’s nomination.

"Zohran Mamdani, a 100% Communist Lunatic, has conscionable won the Dem Primary, and is connected his mode to becoming Mayor," Trump posted connected Truth Social. "We’ve had Radical Lefties before, but this is getting a small ridiculous. He looks TERRIBLE, his dependable is grating, he’s not precise smart, he’s got AOC+3, Dummies ALL, backing him, and adjacent our Great Palestinian Senator, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, is groveling implicit him."