Vivek Ramaswamy’s Super PAC will reportedly display an ad in Times Square on Monday to intice New Yorkers to leave their state for Ohio, according to the New York Post.
The ad will be paid for by the “Vivek Super PAC — Victors, not Victims” (VPAC) which supports Ramaswamy‘s gubernatorial run as a Republican in the state of Ohio, according to the outlet.
The ad will reportedly portray Zohran Mamdani — who recently won the Democratic primary for New York City mayor — as a radical socialist and will read “Ready To Flee NYC.” The ad will also show Ramaswamy as someone protecting freedom and will read “Move To Ohio.”
The ad will also say “Worried About Zohran? Ohio Is Waiting For You,” the outlet reported.
A 2022 United States Census Bureau report found that Ohio was the 20th most popular state for people to move to that were leaving New York, with a total of 8,431 total people.
Andy Surabian, the chief strategist of the VPAC, told the outlet that people living in NYC should move to a state “that is about to elect a conservative trailblazer committed to liberty and prosperity for all.”
“While Mamadani will further crush New York City with his job-killing socialist tyranny, Vivek is ready to unleash freedom, supercharge the American dream and make Ohio a state of excellence,” he continued to tell the outlet. “We put this billboard up because we couldn’t think of two politicians in the country that represent such wildly different paths for the future of our nation. The Mamdani path of socialist totalitarianism versus the Vivek path of American freedom.”
The outlet reported that the ad will cost around $50,000 and will remain on display the whole week.
Mamdani currently sits at around a 35% favorability rating among voters, according to a July 9 poll by Politico. Andrew Cuomo came in second with a 25% favorability rating. (RELATED: Socialist On Brink Of Leading Center Of American Capitalism, Cuomo Concedes)
Surabian finished by saying “For those New Yorkers who have had enough, freedom and prosperity are waiting for you in Ohio.”
