New York City pols backing socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor are just “recruiting people to move to Florida,’’ Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said Sunday — calling the situation “insanity.’’
“Every elected official of New York on the Democratic side seems like they’re just recruiting people to move to Florida. It’s just insanity,” Scott said on WABC 770 AM’s “Cats Roundtable” program.
“Are you going to vote for somebody who wants to kill your job, ruin your kid’s education and then also make you less safe? That’s what they’re doing,” the senator told host John Catsimatidis.
“Don’t know what these Democrats think they are doing. Who do they represent?
“We’re not going to do that in Florida,” Scott said.
Florida politicians and business trade groups have been tripping over themselves to woo Big Apple CEOs and residents who are worried about the likelihood of Mamdani being elected mayor and pushing for tax hikes of up to $9 billion on the wealthy residents and corporations to pay for his agenda of more affordable housing, child care and free-bus fare fares.
Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer, for one, is rolling out the red carpet and beaches, along with Palm Beach County economic development officials and Florida’s Council of 100 business leaders.
The Mamdani campaign did not respond to a Post request for comment.
